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On Dec. 23, Nicous D’Andre Spring was supposed to be released from a Montreal jail. Instead, the Montreal rapper, who went by Yk Lyrical, remained detained and died the next day, shortly after police placed a spit hood on him and pepper-sprayed him, according to the Canadian Press. In the wake of Spring’s death, many are calling for […]
A Colorado funeral home operator who made headlines back in 2020 after being arrested alongside her mother for illegal body part sales has been sentenced to 20 years behind bars. On Tuesday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announced that 46-year-old Megan Hess had received a 20-year sentence after her prior guilty […]
A Florida man who was arrested and convicted of impersonating a doctor when he was a teen has received another term in prison for defrauding his employer. NBC Miami reports Malachi Love-Robinson, 25, has been sentenced to 28 months in prison after pleading guilty to grand theft and organized scheme to defraud less than $20,000. Circuit Judge Howard Coates, […]
Joe Exotic has reportedly finalized his divorce from his now ex-husband, Dillon Passage, after four years of marriage. TMZ wrote on Tuesday that the dissolution of marriage was finalized in Santa Rosa County, Florida, with a judge signing off that each party goes about their lives “unattached and unhitched.” While the former couple have been separated for […]
14 people were killed and at least 24 inmates escaped after gunmen opened fire at a prison in Mexico early Sunday morning. In a statement obtained by ABC News, the Chihuahua state prosecutor’s office said gunfire erupted between an unspecified number of individuals and guards after several armored vehicles arrived at a state prison in Ciudad Juárez around 7 a.m., NPR reports. […]
President Biden on Friday granted full pardons to six individuals who had already completed sentences for their offenses. CNN reports the individuals were granted clemency through a “deliberative process” that was coordinated closely with the Department of Justice. The list of those pardoned include five people who were convicted of drug or alcohol offenses: Charlie Byrnes Jackson, 77, Gary […]
The co-leader of a plan to kidnap Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for his involvement in the failed domestic terror plot, the Associated Press reports. 39-year-old Adam Fox, who was one the leaders behind the plot to abduct the Democratic governor and blow up a bridge in the group’s escape was […]
Meek Mill is bringing cheer this holiday season, as the REFORM Alliance co-founder paid the bail of women currently incarcerated in Philadelphia. The women, who were incarcerated at Riverside Correctional Facility in Philadelphia, also received gift cards to buy presents for their families. Five women were released today and will be reunited with their families, with 15 […]
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 […]
Donnell Russell, a former manager of R. Kelly, has been sentenced to one year in prison for calling in a shooter threat at the premiere of the disgraced R&B singer’s Lifetime documentary Surviving R. Kelly. CBS New reports Russell will serve the sentence concurrently with another 20-month term he received for making threats to one […]
