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  • Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch to Become a Sexual-Abuse Rehab Center for Children?

    Michael Jackson’s famed Neverland Ranch could become a sex-assault rehabilitation facility for children, if rumors are correct that a New York businessman is bidding to purchase the property with plans to convert the deceased singer’s home. According to the New York Post’s Page Six, several buyers have emerged to purchase the 2,700-acre property—which Jackson purchased in…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    February 2, 2015
  • Watch: San Francisco Lawyer Arrested for Asking Police Not to Question or Photograph Her Client

    The San Francisco Public Defender’s Office is outraged after Jami Tillotson, a deputy public defender at the office, was arrested Tuesday outside a courtroom for asking a plainclothes officer not to interview her client or take his photograph. According to a video released by the defender’s office, Tillotson and her client, an African-American male, are…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    January 30, 2015
  • Mo. Man Arrested After Telling Black Waitress He Wanted to Show Her Where He ‘Hung’ Her Grandpa

    A 65-year-old white Missouri man was arrested and charged with a hate crime after he reportedly used racial slurs toward a black waitress whom he also allegedly told, “I have a place I would like to take you where I hung your grandpa.”  Tommy Dean Gaa, of Maryville, reportedly told the waitress, after she asked…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    January 30, 2015
  • Norfolk State University Student Brutally Attacked by Police Dog

    Editor’s note: This article contains a graphic image of the wounds sustained by London Colvin during an encounter with a police dog. A Norfolk State University student suffered several injuries when, she claims, a police dog attacked her while she was being arrested for not giving information about a fight she was not involved in. According…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    January 28, 2015
  • Marissa Alexander Released From Prison

    Marissa Alexander, the Florida mother who fired warning shots to stop her abusive ex-husband’s attack in 2010, may finally see the dark days of prison behind her, with a judge releasing her late Tuesday to serve the rest of her sentence on house arrest. “Today, after the sentence given by Judge Daniel, my family and…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    January 28, 2015
  • CBS Sports Analyst Greg Anthony Caught in Sting, Agreed to Pay Escort $80 for Sex  

    Greg Anthony’s days as a CBS sports commentator have been on hold since he was suspended indefinitely after news broke that the former NBA player had been arrested for soliciting a prostitute. Now new details have surfaced that Anthony agreed to pay a “D.C. police officer who was working undercover as a prostitute $80,” according…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    January 27, 2015
  • Detroit Man Faces Jail for Refusing to Pay Child Support for Child Who Is Not His

    The state is still after a Detroit man who has been ordered to pay $30,000 in back child support for a child he says is not his, a DNA test proves is not his and whose mother admits is not his child. Carnell Alexander was back in court Friday to face a Detroit judge at…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    January 27, 2015
  • Kendrick Johnson’s Parents Head to Court, Could Face Jail Time  

    The parents of Kendrick Johnson, who have been relentless in pursuit of justice for the son they believe was murdered, are set to face a judge Monday for a protest that blocked a courthouse entrance. According to CNN, Kendrick’s parents, Kenneth and Jacquelyn Johnson, along with five family members, all of whom have dubbed themselves…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    January 26, 2015
  • Watch: 3 Baltimore Teens Injured in Fight With School Police Officer

    A Northeast Baltimore school is investigating a fight involving a female school police officer and three middle school girls that ended with the students being rushed to the hospital. According to security video footage obtained and released by WBAL-TV, the incident, which happened in October, began inside Vanguard Middle School between the school officer and…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    January 26, 2015
  • Fired Home Depot Employee Returns to NYC Store, Shoots Supervisor, Then Himself 

    A fired Home Depot employee reportedly returned to the New York City store where he worked in Manhattan’s Flatiron District and opened fire, fatally shooting his supervisor before turning the gun on himself.  The New York Daily News identified the shooter as Calvin Esdaile, Jr., 31, who was found dead at the scene Sunday from…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    January 26, 2015
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