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via BlackAmericaWeb: R Kelly is facing new charges of prostitution and solicitation related to an allegation that he invited a 17-year-old girl to his hotel room in 2001 and paid her $200 to dance naked with him. Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman in Minnesota is filing these new charges against Kelly CLICK HERE to read […]

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via Cleveland19: On Monday night, the superintendent for Warrensville City Schools addressed charges filed against a band director and teacher. On Monday morning, Duane Keeton appeared in court to face two complaints filed against him. At the school board meeting, Superintendent Donald Jolly said he met with band parents earlier to talk about the allegations. “We were […]

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via Wkyc: Former Cleveland Browns tight end Kellen Winslow Jr. has been arrested and is facing kidnapping, rape, sodomy and residential burglary charges, the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department told NBC San Diego on Thursday. Winslow has been charged with two counts of kidnapping with the intent to commit rape, two counts of forcible rape, one […]

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Rashad Hunt has been formally indicted on charges for the death of Tierra Bryant. Hunt, 36, also known as Rashad Hunt, has been formally indicted on charges for the death of Tierra Bryant. According to the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office, Hunt was indicted on six charges Wednesday. Those charges include voluntary manslaughter, felonious assault, tampering with […]

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Imeh Akpanudosen/Getty Images Chris Brown was released on $250,000 bail Tuesday night after he was booked on charges of assault with a deadly weapon, following an hours-long standoff earlier that day between the singer and officers at his Los Angeles home, police said. Mark Geragos, Brown’s attorney, tweeted, “Thanks to everyone for their support and […]

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Former Cleveland Browns player Reggie Rucker will be charged with assault and menacing after an incident at the Highland Park Golf Course, police reported. According to police, on April 30, around 2 p.m., two officers were dispatched to the Highland Park Golf Course on Green Road regarding a man that was assaulted. When police arrived, […]

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  WKYC’s Sara Shookman confirms that charges have been filed in the killing of Brennan’s Colony owner Jim Brennan. Police say they have charged four men from Cleveland : Brandon Jones, Devon Turner, Darien Jones and Paul Turner. Cleveland Heights police say their motive was simply robbery. The four have been charged with aggravated murder […]

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It was shortly after the November 29 th shooting deaths of Timothy Russell and Malissa Williams that East Cleveland Mayor Gary Norton asked something of his law director and prosecutor. He wanted to know if “any charges brought by East Cleveland would be appropriate.” The answer delivered in a memo to the mayor this past March was […]

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  The Cleveland Browns have released a rookie who is charged with attempted murder for allegedly punching a man outside a club in northern New Jersey. Ausar Walcott turned himself in to Passaic police Tuesday after he was identified as a suspect in an incident that happened around 3 a.m. Sunday. The linebacker was signed […]

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  Cleveland police have charged a suspect in the 1984 murder of teenager, Gloria Pointer. Prosecutor Tim McGinty says the suspect is a 58-year-old convicted rapist and was linked to the case through DNA tests.  He has been identified as Hernandez Warren and charged with aggravated murder. According to McGinty, Warren lived in the area where […]

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  Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was convicted Monday of corruption charges, ensuring a return to prison for a man once among the nation’s youngest big-city leaders. Jurors convicted Kilpatrick of a raft of crimes, including a racketeering conspiracy charge. He was portrayed during a five-month trial as an unscrupulous politician who took bribes, rigged contracts and […]

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  Prosecutors are charging 12 former Florida A&M University band members with manslaughter in the 2011 hazing death of a drum major. Ten of the band members had been charged last May with felony hazing for the death of 26-year-old Robert Champion, but prosecutors said Monday they are raising the charges to manslaughter. They also […]