The inmate who allegedly attacked R. Kelly inside the singer’s cell last month has been moved to a different jail, federal prosecutors revealed in court documents filed Tuesday. According to TMZ, federal prosecutors said the inmate who assaulted Kelly, 53, on August 25 at the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) in Illinois was relocated to a …
AJ’s mother is already serving a 35 year sentence after pleading guilty to murder.
“Cheer” star Jerry Harris was arrested Thursday in Illinois for allegedly soliciting pornographic videos and images of minors and soliciting sex from a 13-year-old boy at cheerleading competitions. The Chicago Tribune reported that Harris, 21, is expected to appear before a federal judge in Chicago Thursday afternoon. In September 2018, Harris allegedly contacted the victim …
The inmate who assaulted R. Kelly inside a jail cell last month claimed “the government made me attack,” according to court documents filed in an Illinois court on Tuesday. Jeremiah Farmer, 39, also wrote that he committed the August 26 attack on Kelly, 53, “in hopes of getting spotlight attention and world news notice to …
A 21-year-old Illinois man was charged Wednesday with the stabbing deaths of his grandparents in suburban Chicago earlier this week, the Chicago Tribune reports. Romel D. Tyson was found sitting in a chair in a bedroom in his grandparents’ Markham home on Monday after police entered for a wellness check on Gabriel Tyson Sr., 66, …
A 12-year-old Minnesota girl is in critical condition on Wednesday after she and her 29-year-old sister were shot by a neighbor who told police he “hated all children” and had “probably” killed his wife. The incident took place late Sunday night in Bloomington, KARE 11 reported. Police responded to a report of shots fired and …
A Chicago man allegedly shot a longtime friend during an argument then later returned to the scene in the far South Side, yelling “Are you dead yet?” as he kicked and punched the man who lay dying on the ground. Judge John Lyke commented on the “utter cruelty” of the act as he ordered Terrence …
An Illinois teen accused of fatally shooting two people Tuesday during a protest in Wisconsin won’t be extradited to face murder charges for at least a month, a judge ruled Friday. Kyle Rittenhouse, 17, allegedly used an AR-15 to kill Joesph Rosenbaum, 36, and Anthony Huber, 26, in Kenosha, where a police officer shot Jacob …
A Ronald McDonald House in Illinois was placed on lockdown early Monday as looters vandalized the building, according to reports. Thirty families, including sick children, were reportedly sleeping at the Chicago facility — located near Lurie Children’s Hospital — when windows and a front door were smashed and vandalized. WBBM reported that residents were placed …
JoAnn Cunningham, who pleaded guilty to killing her 5-year-old son in April 2019, was sentenced to 35 years in prison for the crime on Friday, after two days of emotional testimony, the North West Herald reports. Cunningham, 37, pleaded guilty on December 5, 2019, to a single count of first degree murder, after denying she …
On Saturday, police in Illinois released surveillance images apparently showing the getaway car used in last month’s fatal shooting of a 13-year-old girl. On June 20, Amaria Jones was reportedly shot in the neck by a stray bullet that pierced through the window of her first-floor Chicago apartment. Chicago police released surveillance images showing a …
A 23-month-old boy was beaten to death by a male relative Monday, Chicago Police said, according to WGN9. The man allegedly punched the toddler in the face multiple times shortly after noon in the city’s southside Bronzeville neighborhood, according to preliminary information from the investigation. Police said the man was taken into custody, and charges …
