There’s now a third video in which R. Kelly is allegedly seen engaging in sexual abuse, according to high-profile attorney Gloria Allred. According to the Associated Press, Allred is representing Gary Dennis, a man who claims he was looking through a box of video cassettes and found the tape. Kelly’s attorney, however, denies the video …
Authorities in Illinois say a 34-year-old police officer was shot while he attempted to serve a search warrant at a home in Chicago on Saturday. According to WGN, 19-year-old Emily Petronella was the subject of the warrant and allegedly opened fire, striking the officer in the shoulder. She is accused of firing through the door …
Authorities in Illinois have confirmed that last month’s deaths of a mother, father, and their 1- and 6-year-old children were the result of a murder-suicide carried out by the father. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, Brandyn Lee, 34, fatally shot his girlfriend, Jaquelon Gaskin, 28, their daughter, Gianna Lee, 6, and son, Giovanni Lee, 1, before killing himself at …
According to the disgraced R&B star’s lawyer, R. Kelly spent another night in jail Saturday because he did not have the $100,000 necessary to secure his release on bond. He’s required to post 10 percent of the total $1 million bond to walk out of Cook County jail following his indictment and arrest last week …
Authorities in Illinois are pushing back against recent reports alleging that actor Jussie Smollett was seen alongside two persons of interest in a hate-crime attack the “Empire” star claimed occurred last month. As CrimeOnline previously reported, investigators looked into a reports from a witness claiming to have seen the three men together in the building …
The wife of one of five employees shot and killed Friday at an Illinois industrial warehouse revealed the final text he sent her before succumbing to his injuries. USA Today reported that Josh Pinkard, 37, was a plant manager at the Henry Pratt Co., where he and four of his co-workers were killed by a 15-year …
Authorities in Aurora, Illinois, say at five people were killed and many others were injured in a mass shooting at a business on Friday. As CrimeOnline previously reported, the deadly incident unfolded at a manufacturing plant in the Chicago suburb. According to the New York Times, at least five police officers were among those shot. …
Authorities in Illinois have reportedly released images showing the inside of R. Kelly’s Chicago recording studio—a location the singer’s been accused of using to hold women captive. On Tuesday, a judge hit Kelly, 52, with 66 building code violations and ordered that the studio can’t double as a residence. Rolling Stone reported that the “Ignition” …
Police in Illinois are searching for a man who they said let an 11-year-old relative drive herself and a friend to elementary school while he sat in the passenger seat. People reported that Khafilu Oshodi, 31, is wanted for child endangerment and driving with a suspended license after W.J. Murphy Elementary School staff saw the …
Police in Illinois said a 12-year-old girl was killed Sunday and her 9-year-old friend injured after a snowbank they built near a church collapsed on them. The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office reportedly determined Esther Jung died of asphyxia and hypothermia which occurred when she became trapped under a snowbank. Citing police, the Chicago Tribune …
Authorities in Illinois say a 19-year-old man has been indicted on first-degree murder charges in connection to the death of his girlfriend’s 4-year-old daughter. According to the Chicago Tribune, the young victim, Skylar Mendez, spilled her juice, which allegedly triggered the deadly reaction from Johnathan Fair. The Waukegan man appeared in a Lake County Circuit …
Prosecutors reportedly said that charges could be reduced against the Illinois man accused of killing and dismembering his 2-year-old son in 2015 after he cried while having an allergic reaction to milk. The family of Kyrian Knox told WBBM Wednesday that the state’s attorney’s office informed them that they may reduce murder charges against Kamel Harris, …
