Category: Crime & Courts
Johnson & Johnson ordered to pay $417M to ovarian cancer victim, illness caused by baby powder talc
A $417 million judgement came down in favor of a female plaintiff on August 21 in a Los Angeles courtroom as the giant in American manufacturing of medical devices, pharmaceutical […]
Md. man charged with stabbing three young female relatives to death as they slept
On August 19, the Prince Georges County Police Department announced that their homicide detectives arrested and charged 25-year-old Antonio Williams of Clinton, Maryland, after three of his young female relatives […]
Ex-Vanderbilt football player Brandon Banks gets 15 years for gang rape of unconscious student
Former Vanderbilt University football player Brandon Banks was sentenced to 15 years behind bars on August 18 for his part in the gang rape of a girlfriend of another Vanderbilt […]
Mom charged with taping sex abuse of her 2 young children, selling videos, posting them on Snapchat
A 28-year-old mother from New River, Arizona, is behind bars after being accused of performing sexual acts with and sexually molesting her two children, ages three and six, and then […]
Philadelphia synagogue urinator surrenders, charged with ethnic intimidation
Earlier this week, police in Philadelphia released a surveillance video of a man flipping the bird at a surveillance camera and then urinating on a synagogue in Northeast Philly. On […]
NFL suspends Cowboys’ Ezekiel Elliott amid domestic violence allegations
Although not charged with any criminal activity, Dallas Cowboys’ running back Ezekiel Elliott has been suspended for six games without pay due to domestic violence allegations that he beat up […]
Kidnapped model Chloe Ayling says her abduction was not a hoax
The beautiful 20-year-old British glamour model who claims to have been kidnapped in Italy and held captive for six days prior to her release says that it’s “hurtful” that some […]
Driver that plowed into Charlottesville, Va. crowd charged with murder
(Updated) Skirmishes between white supremacists, neo-Nazis, Ku Klux Klan members and counter-protestors attending a “Unite the Right” rally in downtown Charlottesville, Virginia, turned violent and then deadly on August 12 […]
Woman who murdered her 10-year-old cousin sentenced to death
Sammantha Allen, 28, of Phoenix, was sentenced to death on August 7 after being found guilty of murdering her 10-year-old cousin, Ame Deal, back in 2011. As punishment for taking […]
Taylor Swift expected to testify against ex-DJ in groping trial
Pop mega-star Taylor Swift, 27, is expected to appear in a federal Denver courtroom on August 7 to testify in her sexual assault lawsuit lodged against former DJ David Mueller, […]
