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Elementary School Adviser Charged With Aggravated Battery After Teacher Is Slammed to the Floor
An elementary school adviser was arrested and charged with aggravated battery after, police say, he picked up and threw a female special-education teacher to the floor during a pickup-basketball game, the Smoking Gun reports. The two-on-two game Tuesday, which was captured on surveillance camera inside Florida’s Holly Hill School gymnasium, allegedly turned sour when 27-year-old…
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Report: Former NFL Player Warren Sapp Paid 2 Women $600 for Sex Acts
Details of Warren Sapp’s alleged encounter with a prostitute during Super Bowl weekend are starting to trickle out, and according to reports, the Hall of Famer paid some $600 for oral sex, which he allegedly taped using his cellphone camera. According to the Arizona Republic, Sapp was arrested Feb. 2 and charged with soliciting a…
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Ohio Boy, 5, Believes He Lived Past Life as a Black Woman Named Pam
Erika Ruehlman of Ohio didn’t think much of her then-2-year-old son Luke’s obsession with safety. It just seemed like a quirky trait that the young boy had. “He was very cautious about crossing the street,” Ruehlman told Fox 8. “Or anything that might be hot.” But as Luke, now 5, grew older, he kept mentioning…
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Vanilla Ice Arrested on Suspicion of Burglary and Grand Theft
Robert Van Winkle—probably better known as Vanilla Ice—had to bail himself out of a Florida jail on Wednesday night after he was arrested on suspicion of felony home burglary and grand theft, the Los Angeles Times reports. The 47-year-old rapper, who posted bail of $6,000, told local news stations that it was “a misunderstanding” as…
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Convicted Craigslist Murderers Sentenced to Life in Prison
Two young men responsible for the 2013 death of a Florida man who was interested in what turned out to be a fake Craigslist ad for an iPhone sale were sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday without the possibility of parole, WXIA-TV reports. Malik Rice, 19, was sentenced to life without parole plus 55…
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Tenn. Mom Charged for Allegedly Punching her Son Because He Was ‘Too Gay’
A Tennessee woman is facing charges of domestic assault after allegedly hitting her son for being “too feminine and too gay,” WMC reports. Jacqueline Alexander allegedly punched her son in the face around 11 p.m. on Tuesday after accusing him of being effeminate. “No, that’s not right. I mean that’s her flesh and blood, her…
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Judge Orders Detroit Man to Pay $30,000 in Back Child Support for Child Who Isn’t His
Carnell Alexander of Detroit has been fighting for some time to clear his name, but on Tuesday he was dealt a harsh blow when a judge ruled that he must still pay $30,000 in back child support for a child whom the courts now know is not his, ABC 7 reports. The story starts back in the…
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Wrongly Convicted Man Sues New York City
A Brooklyn, N.Y., man who was wrongly convicted in a 1989 murder is taking the final steps toward justice, suing New York City and a number of police officers for civil rights violations in a federal lawsuit, the New York Post reports. Derrick Deacon, now 58, is adding the lawsuit against the city to his…
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Fla. Officer Fired After Video Footage Shows He Lied About Beating
In March 2014 Orlando, Fla., Police Officer William Escobar claimed that he used force only because Refus Holloway, who was trying to break up a fight, had resisted arrest. Escobar would take that story to the witness stand, according to WFTV, testifying that he didn’t hit Holloway, who is a former military police officer, after…
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‘We Know Where You Live’: Letter Found in Conn. Officers’ Mailboxes Threatens Black Cop
On Wednesday an ominous letter threatening the life of a black police officer and ending with the words “white power” was placed in Bridgeport, Conn., police officers’ mailboxes. Police are investigating the unsigned missive, which was written on Bridgeport Police Department letterhead and reportedly singled out a black officer, Clive Higgins, “who was acquitted last…