Zimmerman charged with 2nd-degree murder
The special prosecutor investigating the death of Trayvon Martin announced Wednesday evening that George Zimmerman, who told police he shot the teen in self defense, has been charged with second-degree murder. Zimmerman has pleaded not guilty to the charges. He faces up to life in prison if convicted. George was processed and booked at the Seminole County Jail. What is striking about the mugshot is that it looks like George has lost... Read More
[VIDEO] Mother of Slain Rapper Slim Dunkin speaks out
The mother of slain Mario Denzel Hamilton aka Slim Dunkin made a shocking appeal to her son’s killer moments after laying him to rest. Hip Hop Enquirer’s Dennis Byron was at the burial when Janet Hamilton decided to speak out. Her words speak volumes as someone who has lost her oldest son REST IN PEACE TO SLIM DUNKIN FROM BRICK SQUAD Local Rapper Young Vito involved WIT Slim Dunkin murder case Read More
Vybz Kartel escapes from jail
In what is called the biggest prison escape in the history of Jamaica, Vybz Kartel (Adidja Palmer) and 7 other prisoners escaped the Horizon Adult Remand Centre on November 30th. The reggae artist was charged with multiple murders and marijuana possession. At around 1:00 am, Vybz Kartel took over the prison by taking officers hostage using smuggled guns. Other prisoners began to take the offcers’ clothing and car keys. By 1:45 am the group... Read More
Bowie State University student stabbed over iPod
In the midst of Homecoming and the beginning of her birthday celebration, Bowie State University student Dominique Frazier was stabbed Thursday night. The stabbing occurred in the late evening, during which time Dominique and some peers were prepping for a comedy show, this would be the beginning to her September 18th birthday celebrations. With her I-POD playing aloud, room mate Alexis Simpson, turned the music off, resulting in some confrontation. Witnesses... Read More
FAMU Shannon Washington Murderd in fight
Florida A&M basketball player Shannon Washington died early Sunday morning after suffering a knife wound to her neck, the school announced. Starquineshia Palmer, 20, who was visiting Washington for the weekend, was detained and charged with first-degree murk, police reported. Read More
Man accused Lil Boosie of paying him $15,000 to kill a fellow rapper
Once again Lil Boosie, who was most recently indicted on charges he attempted to smuggle codeine syrup into a Lousiana state prison. Now the 28-year-old ‘Incarcerated’ creator is being accused of paying a man $15,000 to kill a fellow rapper. The Advocate reports Michael “Marlo Mike” Louding, 18, gave videotaped statements to police detailing information that Lil Boosie wanted rapper Chris “Nussie” Jackson, now... Read More
The Run Is Over for Jimmy “Henchman” Rosemond
According to reports, federal agents spotted the Hip-Hop mogul near The W Hotel around Union Street in midtown Manhattan early this morning.He fled when approached by agents, who caught and tackled him, reports say.Arresting agents apprehended Rosemond during the foot chase near E. 21st Street. Read More
HBO's The Wire Felicia “Snoop” Pearson Arrested In Drug Bust
Felicia “Snoop” Pearson, who played the terrifying assassin Snoop in HBO’s The Wire, was arrested this morning along with 30 other people in a large-scale drug raid in Baltimore and the surrounding counties. The arrests came after a five-month investigation into a large-scale heroin and marijuana operation. Pearson was discovered by actor Michael K. Williams, who played Omar Little on The Wire. He introduced her to the show’s writers... Read More
[NEWS]: “40-Year-Old Virgin” actor Shelley Malil admitted to brutally stabbing his girlfriend,
Malil, 45, testified in court yesterday in Vista, Calif. where he admitted to stabbing his girlfriend 20 times. His story is that he didn’t realize it was she and only attacked because he believed she was about to stab him. “I’m sorry,” Malil said on the stand. “I had no idea. I saw the pictures [of the stab wounds] for the first time, I was stunned. When I look at those pictures, I still can’t believe the knife I was holding... Read More
Lil Boosie Talks Murder Charge, New Album 'Incarcerated'
Incarcerated rapper Lil Boosie has revealed details behind his upcoming album Incarcerated, which will be released as the rapper serves a four-year sentence for drug possession and awaits trial for 1st-degree murder. Boosie, born Torrence Hatch, was sentenced to prison after police arrested the rapper in October 2008 and found marijuana and a gun in his vehicle. In June of 2010, as he was serving his sentence for the guns and drugs, the district... Read More
TEEN CHARGE AS ADULT FOR KILLING UNCLE A teenager who had nine run-ins with the law before he turned 15 will be prosecuted as an adult for the murder of his uncle, who was killed in a home-invasion and shooting earlier this year. Angelo Adams made his initial appearance in Caddo District Court on Wednesday after being transferred from juvenile court custody. He is held without bond pending a grand jury determination next month on the charges... Read More
98 WOMAN MURDER HER 100 YEAR OLD NURING HOME ROOMATE A Massachusetts grand jury has indicted a 98-year-old woman, accused of strangling her 100-year-old nursing home roommate, on a second-degree murder charge. Prosecutors say Laura Lundquist killed centenarian Elizabeth Barrow, a resident of Brandon Woods Nursing Home in Dartmouth, after the two women had an argument over a table Lundquist had placed at the foot of Barrow’s bed. Barrow... Read More
7YEARS SINCE JAYSON WILLIAMS MURDER CASE Retired NBA star Jayson Williams has cut a plea deal that would send him to prison for up to three years for accidentally shooting a driver at his New Jersey estate in 2002, a person with knowledge of the case told The Associated Press on Thursday. Williams, who retired in 2000 after playing nine seasons in the NBA for the Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Nets, was to face a retrial in January on a reckless... Read More
TRAGIC ENDING FOR NORTH CAROLINA’S PRECIOUS SHANIYA The body of missing 5-year-old Shaniya Nicole Davis was recovered Monday afternoon, Fayetteville Police Chief Tom Bergamine said. The child was first reported missing from her home by her mother last Tuesday morning. On Friday, Mario Andrette McNeill, 29, was charged with first-degree kidnapping, and late Saturday, her mother, Antoinette Nicole Davis, 25, was arrested on accusations... Read More
