A convicted murdered who escaped from a New Jersey prison in 1970 and hijacked a plane to Africa was arrested Monday after 41 years. George Wright, 68, was living comfortably in Portugal when fingerprints taken from his his Portuguese ID card matched prints from the New Jersey Department of Corrections. When Wright escaped, he was […]
Police in Missouri arrested a man for an incident last Saturday after he pulled a shotgun on a Taco Bell employee for forgetting to include hot sauce with his order. Police said Jeremy Combs, 30, arrived home after making an order at a Lee Summit, MO. Taco Bell. Combs returned to the restaurant’s drive-through with […]
WASHINGTON (AP) – The number of violent crimes fell by a surprisingly large 12 percent in the United States last year, a far bigger drop than the nation has been averaging since 2001, the Justice Department said. The Bureau of Justice Statistics reported there were 3.8 million violent crimes last year, down from 4.3 million […]
Audio Included in Post. Runs 12 Minutes ©2011 WTLC/Radio One. Melina Kennedy stopped by Afternoons with Amos and talked about her plans for education, jobs and economic development. Kennedy contrasted her stands on issues with what she charges is a lack of action by the incumbent Mayor Greg Ballard. Hear Kennedy’s interview above.
Audio Included in Post. Runs 47 Minutes ©2011 WTLC/Radio One. Democratic At Large City-County Council candidates John Barth and Pam Hickman spent an hour on Afternoons with Amos talking with Amos and listeners about a wide range of issues in the November 8 city/county elections. Barth and Hickman talked about education, jobs, the parking meter […]
Link to video OCAL, Fla. — A Florida woman was shot in the middle of a fight in Ocala and kept fighting before she noticed she was shot in the chest. Police have now released the video in hopes of finding the gunman responsible for the shooting. The victim, Brittany Thomas, said she had gone […]
JARRATT, Va. (AP) — A man who raped and suffocated an 88-year-old woman was executed, becoming Virginia’s first inmate to be given a lethal injection using a revised three-drug cocktail. Jerry Terrell Jackson, 30, was pronounced dead at 9:14 p.m. Thursday at Greensville Correctional Center. Asked if he had any final words, Jackson shook his […]
A 79-year-old Dallas woman succumbed to the sweltering Texas heat and died in her home two days after reporting her air conditioner stolen to the police. Dolores Grissom, lived on a corner in her Oak Cliff neighborhood where her air conditioner was exposed. On July 14, Grissom reported that her $2,500 unit was stolen. On […]
MIAMI — Grammy-winning OutKast rapper Big Boi has been arrested in Miami for possession of drugs including ecstasy and Viagra pills. The rapper, whose real name is Antwan Patton, was charged with three counts of possession of a controlled substance and one count of possession of drug paraphernalia on Sunday. According to the Miami-Dade County […]
GEORGIA — Raquel Nelson, the Georgia mother who was convicted with a misdemeanor after her son was struck and killed by a truck, will not serve jail time, according to CNN. Nelson, 30, pleaded for sympathy after she broke a state law when jaywalking with her three children. Her story attracted national attention from media […]
A Georgia mother could face up to 3 years in prison for jaywalking with her son moments before he was struck by a drunk driver and killed. Raquel Nelson, 30, was convicted on July 12 of second-degree vehicular homicide, reckless conduct, and failure to use a crosswalk during the incident in April 2010. The drunk […]
Crime rates in American cites are falling and according to new research diversity may be the reason. Researchers at the University of Toronto believe the growing trend of racial diversity in American cities is contributing to the downward trend. From TheGrio: “The association between crime and community characteristics — like the proportion of the population […]
