Crime
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Predatory Ohio Pastor Found Guilty of Having Sex With, ‘Passing Around’ Teen Girl to Other Preachers
An Ohio minister is in jail for having sex with a girl starting when she was a 14-year-old, and encouraged two other men of the cloth to rape (as she was obviously too young to consent) her as well, federal prosecutors charge. Anthony Haynes, 40, former pastor of the Greater Life Christian Center in Toledo,…
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Charlottesville, Va., Attacker Pleads Guilty to 29 Federal Hate Crimes
On August 12, 2017, James Alex Fields Jr. plowed his car into a crowd that was peacefully protesting the infamous Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Va., injuring 28 people and killing 32-year-old activist Heather Heyer. Nearly two years later, Fields, the white supremacist who was convicted of murder in that deadly car attack on…
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Osundairo Brothers Planned to Admit Jussie Smollett's Alleged Homophobic Attack Was Staged—Until They Didn't
The Osundairo Brothers—who reportedly don’t own shirts and are best known as the guys caught on tape purchasing ski masks and MAGA hats prior to Jussie Smollett’s alleged homophobic assault—want you to know that their new name is Bennett, cause they ain’t in it. In the aftermath of the alleged homophobic assault that was—or wasn’t—the…
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California Mosque Falls Victim to Arson and Graffiti in Alleged Hate Crime, References Christchurch Mosque Attack
Less than a month after the Christchurch mosque shootings, in which 50 lives were stolen in the worst terrorist attack in the history of New Zealand, comes the news that an Escondido, Calif., mosque is being investigated as the scene of a hate crime. According to Buzzfeed News, the Dar-ul-Arqam mosque, located about 30 miles…
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Suspect Who Brutally Assaulted 78-Year-Old Homeless Woman on Subway Arrested, Charged
For the past few days, social media has been consumed with outrage at a clip circulating online in which an elderly woman is brutally assaulted on a subway. But thankfully, because God is rather averse to ugly, the coward in question has been apprehended and charged with second and third-degree assault and harassment. Which means…
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Police Identify 9-Year-Old Girl Found Dead in Duffel Bag in Southern California
After an “overwhelming response from the news media and tips received from the public,” the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department says it has identified the 9-year-old girl found dead inside a duffel bag last week as Trinity Love Jones. According to the Los Angeles Times, investigators said Sunday night they’ve detained two persons of interest…
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Jussie Smollett Indicted on 16 Felony Charges Related to the Alleged Attack Against Him
An Illinois grand jury has indicted Empire actor Jussie Smollett on 16 felony charges related the alleged hate attack he reported on Jan. 29. The Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office confirmed with ABC7 that the 16-count indictment was returned by the grand jury on Thursday. On Feb. 20, Smollett was charged with one felony count…
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Osundairo Brothers Apologize for Ruining Black History Month with Their Involvement in Jussie Smollett’s Alleged Attack
“See, what had happened was …” is a staple phrase in black households that typically proceeds a preposterous explanation for questionable behavior. But since Abimbola “Abel” and Olabinjo “Ola” Osundairo—the Nigerian-American siblings involved in the allegedly bogus attack on the self-proclaimed “gay 2Pac” Jussie Smollet—aren’t in a position to further incriminate the Empire star who’s…
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Mother and Daughter in Pennsylvania are Charged With Murdering 5 of Their Family Members
A mother and her teenage daughter were arrested Tuesday and charged with murdering five of their family members in their Morrisville, Pa., home. Shana S. Decree, 45, and her 19-year-old daughter Dominique K. Decree were charged with five counts of criminal homicide and one count of conspiracy for the deaths of Shana Decree’s children, Naa’Irah…
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Judge Sets Bail for R. Kelly at $1 Million
CBS News reports that after turning himself into Chicago police on Friday, an Illinois judge set a $1 million bond for R. Kelly on Saturday, a day after he was formally charged with 10 counts of aggravated sexual abuse. The “Ignition” singer has been accused of abusing four victims—at least three of whom were underage—in…