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Singer Sean Kingston performs onstage during the 1st annual In My Feelz Festival presented by Umbrella Managment at Banc of California Stadium on December 17, 2022 in Los Angeles, California
Sean Kingston Arrested on 'Numerous Fraud and Theft Charges' Hours After Mom: Police
School Building
New Mexico Man Allegedly Tried to Burn Down Preschool with Children, Staff Inside
Stock image of football on grass
11-Year-Old Boy Shot in the Head After Climbing Fence to Retrieve Football
Rattle Snake Coiled and ready to strike. The snake is on a gravel path in a Nature Preserve in Southern California.
Calif. Man Opens Package in Mail and Finds Live Rattlesnake — And His Family in Fla. Got Similar Parcel
Priest celebrate mass at the church
Priest Bites Woman After Refusing Her Communion at Mass: Reports
Sean Kingston performs live on stage during "Hot Summer Night" concert at FPL Solar Amphitheater at Bayfront Park on June 3, 2023 in Miami, Florida.
Sean Kingston's Mother Janice Turner Arrested on Fraud and Theft Charges at Singer's Rented Mansion: Police
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Christopher Weber/AP/Shutterstock (13441419a) Photo of TV producer Eric Weinberg is displayed before a news conference to announce sexual assault charges against Weinberg on in Los Angeles TV Producer Sex Assault, Los Angeles, United States - 05 Oct 2022
Scrubs Producer Eric Weinberg Will Face Trial, Accused of Being 'Serial' Rapist Who 'Uses His Status'
Tifany Adams, Veronica Butler and Jilian Kelley
Bodies of 2 Women Allegedly Killed amid 'God's Misfits' Custody Battle Were Found in Chest Freezer
Flashing lights on top of police patrol car
Teacher Accused of Abuse, Handing 'Inappropriate' Note to 14-Year-Old Dies by Suicide 2 Days Later
Chad Daybell, left, sits with his defense attorney John Prior during his preliminary hearing in St. Anthony, Idaho, on Tuesday, August 4, 2020.
How Did Chad Daybell's 2 Children Defend Him in Court Against Accusations He Killed Their Mother?
A mural painted by artist Kenny Altidor depicting George Floyd is unveiled on a sidewall of CTown Supermarket on July 13, 2020 in the Brooklyn borough New York City.
George Floyd's Daughter Executive Producing Movie About Him Titled Daddy Changed the World
Booking photo of Zachary Hay; Zachary Hay's dog
White Man Allegedly Sicced His Pit Bull on Black Security Guard After Hurling Racial Slur
Kouri Richins and family
Grief Author Kouri Richins Breaks Silence More than 2 Years After Husband's Death: 'This Means War'
July 13, 1989 O.J. Simpson and Nicole Brown Simpson during Premiere of "When Harry Met Sally"
Nicole Brown Simpson’s Final Years Revealed: Found ‘Freedom,’ Joy, Dated and Embraced Life After O.J. Divorce (Exclusive)
Nicole Brown Simpson
Nicole Brown Simpson’s Mom Let out a 'Gut-Wrenching Scream,' Fell to Her Knees When Cops Told Parents She Was Dead (Exclusive)
Elita Bean
Woman Allegedly Shoots Father of Her 3 Children After Dispute Over Keys, Police Say
Brian Battie
Suspect Arrested in Shooting that Injured Auburn Player Brian Battie and Killed His Brother Tommie
Expedito De Leon
UPS Driver Shot 14 Times By Childhood Friend and Coworker, District Attorney Says
Texas Prosecutor Convenes Grand Jury to Investigate Uvalde School Shooting
Families of Uvalde School Shooting Victims Announce $2M Settlement with City
Estes Carter Thompson III. Police arrested Thompson, an American Airlines flight attendant, Thursday, Jan 18, 2024, on suspicion of trying to secretly record a 14-year-old female passenger using a bathroom
American Airlines Flight Attendant Allegedly Filmed Girl, 9, in Bathroom. The Company's Legal Filing Blamed Her
General view of an Acapulco beach in Mexico
Bodies of 4 Men, 2 Women Found Strangled, Piled Up in Mexican Resort City
Mica Miller
Local Sheriff's Office Claims FBI Has Launched 'Parallel Investigation' After Suicide of Mica Miller
Ana and Ali Abulaban
Mom Describes Reaction When TikTok Influencer Son Allegedly Called Her and Confessed to Murdering Wife 
Chloe Guan-Branch 5-year-old Canadian Girl Who was Born on a Plane Found Dead After Shocking Abuse.
5-Year-Old Canadian Girl Who Made Headlines for Being Born on a Plane Found Dead After Years of Abuse
Married American couple Nicole Brown Simpson (1959 - 1994) and OJ Simpson attend the Fight Against Paralysis Benefit
How Nicole Brown Simpson's Mother Told Her Children, then 8 and 5, She Was Dead: 'Mommy’s in Heaven' (Exclusive)
Blue Flash Light Of Police Car Against Red Fire Truck
Brothers Sentenced to Death for Gang Raping Girl, Burning Her in Coal Furnace
Kyneddi Miller
Mom of Girl, 14, Found Dead in 'Skeletal State' Was Charged Last Month. Why Were Grandparents Just Arrested?
Murder victims Charity Lynn Perry, Bridget Leanne Webster, and Joanna Speaks.
He Was Granted Clemency After Trying to Strangle a Dog. Then He Killed 3 Women, Say Police
Lawyer Joseph Marrone, right, speaks during a news conference with client Susie Williams Carter, center, and lawyer Michael Pomerantz, Monday, May 20, 2024, in Philadelphia. Carter, the sister of the youngest person ever executed in the state of Pennsylvania, Alexander McClay Williams, 16, is suing the county where the Black teenager was convicted in 1931. The suit comes two years after Williams' conviction by an all-white jury was vacated.
A Wrongfully Convicted Black Teen was the Youngest Person Ever Executed in Pa. — Now His Family Is Suing
MaryElizabeth Murdaugh, Alex Murdaugh
Why Did Alex Murdaugh Reportedly Get into a Jailhouse Brawl?
Edward Murray - Edward Murray was indicted on a charge of murder after he allegedly beat his girlfriend’s 1-year-old son Kareem Keita to death at their Cincinnati, Ohio, home.
1-Year-Old Went into Cardiac Arrest and Died After Mom’s Boyfriend Allegedly Beat Him: 'Sickening'
HOLLYWOOD - MARCH 16: O.J. Simpson and Nicole Brown Simpson (1959-1994) walk the red carpet with their children Sydney and Justin as they attend the 'Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult' Hollywood Premiere on March 16, 1994 at the Paramount Studios in Hollywood, California. Nicole Brown Simpson shown here three months before her death on June 12, 1994.
Nicole Brown Simpson’s Sisters Break Their Silence Over O.J.’s Death: 'It’s Very Complicated' (Exclusive)
May 3, 2024, New York, Dominique Brown, Denise Brown and Tanya Brown. PEOPLE COVER
Nicole Brown Simpson's Sisters Reveal Why They're Finally Sharing Her Story in New Doc: It's Time 'to Hear Her Voice' (Exclusive)
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2 Bike Gang Members Arrested Over Ian Ziering's New Year's Eve Attack, Say Police
Brock Mater Surprise Police Department
Ariz. Father and His 2 Children Dead in Apparent Murder-Suicide, Police Say
Sean "Diddy" Combs arrives at the Pre-GRAMMY Gala and GRAMMY Salute to Industry Icons Honoring Sean "Diddy" Combs at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 25, 2020 in Beverly Hills, California.
Sean 'Diddy' Combs Sued by Model Who Alleges He Drugged, Sexually Assaulted Her in 2003
Jodie Bevans and Samantha Bevans
Why Did an Iowa Woman Suffocate Her Stepmom with a Pillow, Then Admit to the Crime on Snapchat?
Isaiah Gaymes
Teen, 13, with 'Beautiful Soul' Protected His Sister. But Police Say Mom Looked On as Man Killed Him
Matthew Perry poses at a photocall for "The End Of Longing", a new play which he wrote and stars in at The Playhouse Theatre, on February 8, 2016 in London, England
Authorities Investigating Circumstances Surrounding Matthew Perry's Death from Fatal Ketamine Dose
Kathryn Dennis mug shot
Southern Charm Alum Kathryn Dennis Arrested and Charged with DUI
Photo taken the family photo of Djibril Diol, center, at the press conference of Denver Police at Denver Police Crime Laboratory in Denver, Colorado on Wednesday
Colo. Man Pleads Guilty to Murdering Family of 5 in House Fire After Wrongfully Believing They Stole His Phone
Austin Maddox #62 of the Boston Red Sox poses during Photo Day on Tuesday, February 20, 2018 at JetBlue Park in Fort Myers, Florida.
Former Red Sox Pitcher Austin Maddox Arrested in Anti-Child Predator Sting
Genevieve Meehan
Daycare Manager Who Strapped 9-Month-Old Girl Face Down on Beanbag Found Guilty of Manslaughter
Leopold and Loeb on Trial in Joliet. Chicago: This photograph shows right to left, Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold Jr., millionaire "lifers" defending themselves against a $100,00 damage suit brought by a Chicago taxicab driver, who charges they mutilated him on November 21, 1923. The case is being heard at Joliet, Illinois. Charles Ream, the plaintiff is at right with hands crossed.
Leopold and Loeb Tried to Get Away with 'Crime of the Century' 100 Years Ago. A Simple Mistake Got Them Caught
Gloria Crews
'It Was Like Some Awful Movie': Son Recalls Mother’s Shooting Death as She Saved Children in Last Moments (Exclusive)
Agnieszka Rydzewski and Anthony Calderon
Girlfriend Accused of Getting Coworker to Kill Boyfriend so They Could Start Relationship
Alasia Franklin
Aspiring Nurse Practitioner Is Killed in Front of College Dorm, Allegedly by 'Armed Intruder'
Courtney Williams dog attack
Family Mourns Loss of Ga. Mom Killed in Attack by 13 Dogs, in Which Son Was Hospitalized: 'Heavy Heart'
Denise Brown, Rapper Sean 'Diddy' Combs, Cassie Ventura
Nicole Brown Simpson's Sister Denise Reacts to 2016 Video of Diddy Assaulting Cassie: 'It's a Shame' (Exclusive)
Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer speaks to the media at the OCDA's office in Santa Ana, CA on Tuesday, May 17, 2022
Calif. Baby Had 16 Broken Bones, Mom Accused of Breaking Them 'into Tiny Pieces' Because He Cried
James Harris and Zachary Hackman Mugshot
He Was Vacationing with His Girlfriend's Family. They Had No Idea He'd Killed Her Father a Day Before the Trip
Olive Teague, RV Stolen
Man Allegedly Stole an RV — and When Owner Couldn't Start Vehicle Again, He Was Sprung from Jail to Help
Sean "Diddy" Combs arrives at the Pre-GRAMMY Gala and GRAMMY Salute to Industry Icons Honoring Sean "Diddy" Combs at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 25, 2020 in Beverly Hills, California.
Los Angeles D.A. 'Unable' to Charge Diddy for Cassie Assault Video Due to Timing of When It Occurred
6-month-old shot multiple times by father in Surprise
6-Month-Old Rescued After Being Held Hostage and Shot, Suspect Found Dead Following Police Standoff
Heather Hare, Teacher Who Appeared on Good Morning America After Viral Video Admits Sexually Abusing Minor 20 to 30 Times
Teacher Who Appeared on Good Morning America After Sweet Video Learns Fate for Repeated Sex Abuse of Minor
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Chancellery on March 16, 2023 in Berlin, Germany.
International Criminal Court Seeks Arrest Warrants for Israeli Prime Minister and 3 Hamas Leaders
Domingo R. Rodriquez mugshot and dog
Fla. Man Accused of Adopting Dog from Shelter, Decapitating Animal the Next Day
This July 2007 file photo provided by police, made available Sept. 21, 2011, by the Connecticut Judicial Branch as evidence and presented in the Joshua Komisarjevsky trial in New Haven, Conn., shows a fire-damaged portion of the William Petit home in Cheshire, Conn.
An Hours-Long Home Invasion, a Triple Murder, and a Father Who Survived: Inside the Petit Family Murders
Yavapai County Attorney Dennis McGrane announced that on May 9, 2024, Yavapai County Superior Court Judge David Mackey sentenced David Michael Pagniano, 62, of Prescott, to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the murder of his wife Sandra Pagniano
Arizona Man Who Buried Wife Alive in Hand-Dug Grave Sentenced to Life Without Parole
FILE - This undated photo provided by the Oregon Department of Corrections show Jesse Lee Calhoun, who has been under investigation in the deaths of four women whose bodies were found scattered across northwest Oregon last year.
Ore. Man Charged with the Murders of 3 Women Who Were Found Dead Under 'Suspicious Circumstances'
Barbara Abel 2023
Tied Up and Held Captive by a Serial Killer on the Run, A Fla. Woman's Mom Came to Her in Dream (Exclusive)
Police line do not cross belt.
Man Indicted on Attempted Second-Degree Murder Charges After Shooting at Delivery Driver Who Pulled into Wrong Driveway
Rudy Giuliani attends the Friars Club gala honoring Tracy Morgan with the Entertainment Icon Award at The Ziegfeld Ballroom on May 26, 2022
Rudy Giuliani Served Indictment Documents in Arizona Election Fraud Case During His 80th Birthday Party