Joe Jackson, the manager and patriarch of the Jackson 5, reportedly died Wednesday in Los Angeles at age 89. A source told People that Joe was in his final stages of terminal pancreatic cancer. Days before his death, singer son Jermaine Jackson, 63, issued a statement confirming his father’s ill health and claiming that relatives …
A Colorado woman reportedly took her husband back to jail less than two hours after realizing that he was released in error. The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel reported that James J. Rynerson, 38, was jailed in late May on charges of menacing, disorderly conduct, and trespassing. Being held on $2,000 bond, sheriff’s deputies at Mesa County Jail mistook Rynerson …
Five Florida teens who reportedly laughed and taunted a disabled man as he drowned last summer will not face any criminal charges, as authorities determined they hadn’t broken any laws. In a statement, State Attorney Phil Archer said they’re appalled by the teens’ “callous disregard for human life” but lamented that state laws didn’t address or …
Emerging surveillance footage reportedly shows slain Bronx teen Lesandro “Junior” Guzman-Feliz hiding in a bodega while another video catches store employees showing the wounded 15-year-old the door moments after he’s stabbed. The New York Post reported that the first video shows Guzman-Feliz entering Zesarina Grocery Store and attempting to hide behind the counter. After a brief struggle with …
A video appears to have captured the moments a Spirit Airlines passenger embarked on an expletive-filled tirade after the Minneapolis-bound flight made an emergency landing in Rochester, Minnesota. KPRC reported that the 38-year-old woman featured in the video was possibly suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder as she ran up and down the aisle threatening fellow passengers …
An Illinois mother is accused of leaving her 2-month-old daughter in a hot car while she was inside her home guzzling booze. Police reportedly arrived at the East Chicago home on June 15 following reports of a disturbance. There, the baby’s father told officers that his daughter’s mother, Alejandra Feliciano, 34, had left their child in …
A Florida judge has dismissed a multimillion-dollar defamation lawsuit filed by a Tampa man claiming to be the illegitimate son of actor William Shatner. The Tampa Bay Times reported that, for decades, radio DJ Peter Sloan, 61, has claimed that Shatner, 87, is his father. The “Star Trek” actor, who has three daughters, has publicly …
Indiana police are investigating a Monday afternoon shooting at IKEA after a child reportedly found and fired a lost gun inside the store. According to WISH, the incident occurred at 2 p.m. at 11400 Ikea Way in Fishers, a northern suburb of Indianapolis. Police said it was there a male customer had gotten up from a couch …
A Maryland man is facing criminal charges for allegedly raping and impregnating a 13-year-old with special needs. Reynaldo Mora, 41, an undocumented immigrant, is accused of carrying out the assault in February after the victim’s family asked him to watch the teen at their Kensington home. It was then that he took the girl to a …
New York police said multiple arrests have been made in connection with Wednesday’s mistaken-identity murder of a 15-year-old Bronx teen who was repeatedly stabbed outside a local deli. Police announced Sunday night that they’ve arrested Kevin Alvarez, 19, and charged him with murder, manslaughter, gang assault, and assault. At the time, New York authorities said charges are …
Burger King has come under fire after a Louisana location allegedly refused to serve two uniformed cops who attempted to place an order at their drive-thru. WBRZ reported that the incident involved two Assumption Parish sheriff’s deputies who had recently visited a St. Francisville Burger King. The department’s public information officer, Lonny Cavalier, went on to detail …
An Ohio woman will spend 12 years behind bars for allowing her boyfriend to sexually abuse her three young daughters—starting when they were between the ages of 7 and 9. According to the Cincinnati Enquirer, Elizabeth Smith, 32, gave Nicholas White, 29, “permission to engage in this activity and set parameters on the scope of the abuse,” which …
