“Empire” actor Jussie Smollett reportedly auditioned for a role in a play which mirrored the purported hate crime attack against him late last month. According to the Daily Mail, Smollett, 35, participated in two readings of Tony-winning play “Take Me Out” in New York City on January 28, a day before the reported attack in …
Sources claim the response to the letter prompted Smollett to stage a hate crime
A medical examination has reportedly found that Valerie Reyes, the woman found murdered in a suitcase in Greenwich, Connecticut, died from asphyxiation, a conclusion that appears to contradict her accused killer’s claim that she hurt herself in a fall during sex. The State Medical Examiner in Connecticut has not yet released the official results of Reyes’ …
A New Jersey mother who claimed her 23-month-old son was abducted is accused of killing the toddler because he wouldn’t eat or listen. According to KYW, Nakira Griner, 24, is accused of killing, dismembering, and burning Daniel Griner Jr., whose body was found under a shed at the family’s home in Bridgeton, a day after she reported his disappearance. …
Some children are reportedly playing a dangerous game of disappearing on purpose, which not only uses up police resources unnecessarily and scares their loved ones, but it can possibly pull police away from real emergencies. The “48 Hour Missing Challenge” encourages children to vanish for 48 hours without telling their family where they are, CBS …
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 …
A Wisconsin man accused of kidnapping 13-year-old Jayme Closs after killing her parents has reportedly written a jailhouse letter, describing how he once cooked with the young girl. While it’s unclear who the letter was written to, RadarOnline obtained 21-year-old Jake Patterson’s jailhouse mailed note. Patterson is currently behind bars in Barron County, accused of …
‘Empire’ actor Jussie Smollett does not appear to be in any hurry to speak to Chicago detectives about the purported attack against him last month, which is looking more and more as though it may have been staged. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Chicago police spokesperson Anthony Guglielmi said this weekend that authorities were seeking to interview …
Criminal charges for singer R. Kelly may be imminent as an Illinois grand jury reportedly met and is scheduled to review a tape allegedly depicting the singer sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl. Unidentified sources confirmed to The Blast that a grand jury assembled last week at the Cook County State’s Attorney Office in Chicago. They also …
A Florida boy was arrested at a Lakeland middle school earlier this month after he reportedly caused a disturbance that apparently stemmed from his refusal to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. The Ledger reports that the incident happened on February 6 when the young boy said “the flag is racist and the national anthem …
A little girl in New York City has died of an apparent suicide following an argument in her home over her cell phone use. The New York Post reports that Heaven Vega, 9, took her own life in her family home at Bronx River Apartments on Saturday. That morning, Heaven’s mother Jennifer had reportedly told the …
Maryland police arrested four boys on Friday, accused of sexually assaulting a 19-year-old female after she exited an MTA bus in Baltimore. PIX 11 reports that on February 6, as the victim exited the bus and walked down 300 block of North Fulton Avenue at around 10 p.m., the four suspects held her at gunpoint and forced …
