‘Crime’ Archives
Boxer Floyd Mayweather to serve 3 months in jail for punching his children’s mother
Boxing champion, Floyd Mayweather, is expected to serve 3 months jail term for punching his children’s mother. It seems like boxing champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. will be spending some time in jail pretty soon; to be exact, three months. He was sentenced on Wednesday and [Read More]
An Interview with Jeff Fort, Leader of the El Rukn, regarding Chicago Bears Sam Hurd
By: Charles S. Mombo An Interview with Jeff Fort, leader of the El Rukn, regarding Chicago Bears Sam Hurd Since the announcement of the arrest of 26-year-old, Chicago Bear’s wide receiver, Sam Hurd, on allege drug-dealing charges, I am trying to wrap my brain around [Read More]
Herman Cain and Sharon Bialek alleged sexual harassment and the politicization of Google Keywords
By: Charles S. Mombo Not too long ago, I wrote an article about search engine optimization (SEO) – Is Search Engine Optimization the most effective advertising media for small businesses? In that article, I talked about how advertisers are effectively working with SEO [Read More]
Michael Jackson’s doctor, Dr. Conrad Murray found guilty of involuntary manslaughter
The jury has reached a guilty verdict in the involuntary manslaughter case against Michael Jackson's doctor, Dr. Conrad Murray. Murray was immediately handcuffed and taken to jail after the verdict was read. Michael Jackson's doctor, Dr. Conrad Murray was found guilty [Read More]
Joe Sullivan – Life in Prison for 13-year-old Kinky Hair Colored Boy for allegedly raping a 72-year-old White Woman.
By: Charles S. Mombo Joe Harris Sullivan, now 35-year-old, is still serving a life term for a non-homicide crime committed, since 13-year-old, for raping a 72-year-old elderly white woman. Image Source:Agence France-Presse/Getty Images What happened to a 72-year-old elderly [Read More]
Javaris Crittenton, NBA player and alleged drive-by shooter murderer released on bond
Javaris Crittenton, NBA player and alleged drive-by shooter murderer released on bondTracy Flanagan, a spokeswoman for the Fulton County Sheriff's Office in Georgia is saying that alleged drive-by shooting murderer and former NBA basketball star Javaris Crittenton was [Read More]
Kweku M. Adoboli a UBS trader accused of embezzling $2.3 billion
Kweku Adoboli, the Ghanaian born and accused embezzler leaves City of London Magistrates Court Kweku M. Adoboli, a 31-year-old, Ghanaian born trader in UBS’s Global Synthetic Equity business in London is accused of being a rogue trader for embezzling $2.3 [Read More]
NBA player Javaris Crittenton faces murder charge for drive-by shooting
NBA player Javaris Crittenton faces murder charge for drive-by shooting. Credit: Reuters/ Al Seib/Pool Former National Basketball Association (NBA) player Javaris Crittenton, 23-year-old, waived his right on Friday to appear before a magistrate judge in Georgia on a murder [Read More]
Gary Foster, former Citigroup Accountant accused of embezzling $19.2 Million
Gary Foster, former Citigroup Accountant accused of embezzling .2 Million Photo: Reuters Gary Foster, a former Citigroup Accountant is accused of embezzling $19.2 Million. on Sunday, immediately after his plane from Bangkok at the John F. Kennedy International Airport in [Read More]
Former Illinois Gov. Blagojevich found guilty on 17 out of 20 counts
former Illinois Governor Rod R. Blagojevich, 54-year-old,.After 10 days of deliberations of his retrial, jurors in Chicago today convicted Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, 54-year-old, of 17 out of 20 counts against him. The jury also announced it was deadlocked on [Read More]
Blagojevich Jurors in Chicago have reached a verdict on 18 counts deadlock on 2
former Illinois Governor Rod R. Blagojevich, 54-year-old,. Jurors in the trial of former Illinois Governor Rod R. Blagojevich, 54-year-old, have reached a verdict. The jurors reached an 18 of 20 criminal counts against Mr. Blagojevich, but were deadlocked on two counts. [Read More]
Oprah Dreams about an O.J. Simpson Confession Interview – Is it just a dream?
Oprah Dreams about an O.J. Simpson Confession Interview - Is it just a dream? Winfrey says she thinks O.J. Simpson murdered his wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ronald Goldman. She also said, "I have a dream of O.J. Simpson confessing to me," "And I am [Read More]
Hazing charges dropped against U-Md. Zeta Phi Beta soror Tymesha Pendleton
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. was founded on January 16, 1920. Zeta began as an idea conceived by five coeds at Howard University in Washington D.C.: Arizona Cleaver, Myrtle Tyler, Viola Tyler, Fannie Pettie and Pearl Neal. Hazing charges against 26-year-old, University Of [Read More]
Black thugs running amok in Chicago disguised as flash mob
By: Regina Alexander Three of the 20 arrested in Chicago for their alledge involvement in in flash mob activity in downtown Chicago. From left: Dvonte Sykes, Trovolus Pickett, Derodte Wright. Why are the black churches or the so-called community leaders silent regarding the [Read More]
Ja Rule heads to prison and resolves beef with 50 Cent
Ja RuleIn a “The Life Files” released YouTube interview, Ja Rule, 35-year-old, also known as Jeffrey Atkins, talks about his beef with 50 Cent. With a glass of wine in his hand and appearing to have drunk little over 1/3 of a the 750ML bottle of Santa Margherita [Read More]
IMF Chief, Strauss-Kahn allegedly messed with the wrong sister – from Guinea
IMF Dominique Strauss-Kahn alleged victim is from Guinea, West Africa Details of the alleged victim of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Chief, Dominique Strauss-Kahn is starting to come to light. New York Police said the Times Square Sofitel's chambermaid is a [Read More]
Osama Bin Laden was not Geronimo
Geronimo E-KIA – Osama Bin Laden an enemy killed in action! Osama Bin Laden was not Geronimo Since President Barack Obama ordered the successful nail-biting “dead or alive” "surgical strike" on the highly fortified compound of Osama Bin [Read More]
Rapper Tru Life aka Roberto Rosado Sentenced to 8 years
Rapper Tru Life aka Roberto Rosado Sentenced to 8 years in prison for gang assault and weapons possession charges.A New York judge Wednesday sentenced Rapper Tru Life, also known as Roberto Guzman Rosado, Jr., to 8 years behind bars for gang assault and weapons possession [Read More]
Was the rapper Da Brat free from prison?
Chocolate City is unable to confirm what appears to be a rumor floating around the blogosphere that rapper Da Brat was released from prison. Chocolate City is unable to confirm what appears to be a rumor floating around the blogosphere that rapper Da Brat was released from [Read More]
Jamie Scott and Gladys Scott too fat for kidney transplant
Jamie Scott must lose more than 100 pounds. Doctors for Jamie Scott and Gladys Scott are saying that the sisters are too fat to undergo kidney transplant; and they must lose their respective weight before they are considered to be tested for compatibility. Jamie Scott must [Read More]
Faleh Hassan Almaleki awaits sentencing for honor killing of daughter
By: Sister Fatima Muhammad Iraqi immigrant Noor Faleh Almaleki, 20-year-old, was ran over and killed by her father because she had become too westernized. Faleh Hassan Almaleki, an Iraqi father who ran over and killed his daughter because she had become too [Read More]
Charles Manson America’s notorious murderer has nimble fingers
Charles Manson America's notorious murderer has nimble fingers from texting Cell phone has surpassed drug and has become the new Bentley of contraband in prisons around the country. Californian prison guards seized 1,400 cell phones in 2007, when the department began to [Read More]
The Politics of Fear: How Republicans Use Money, Race, and the Media to Win
Article Sponsored by Chicago-based SEO and Social Media Network Consultants The Politics of Fear: How Republicans Use Money, Race, and the Media to Win written by Manuel G. Gonzales and Richard Delgado I recently received an email from one of Chocolate City's readers by [Read More]
Is Kelley Williams-Bolar a criminal or a victim of a screw-up school system
By: Charles Mombo @charlessmombo Twitter HASHTAG: #burnedbrass Is Kelley Williams-Bolar a criminal or a victim of a screw-up school system?Some referred to it as institutional racism and that is the lack of funding for public school in minority communities. This problem can [Read More]
Jason Omar Griffith arraigned for murder of Deborah Flores-Narvaez
Jason Omar Griffith arraigned for murder of Deborah Flores-NarvaezAccording to Reuters, an African-African, Jason Omar Griffith, 32 year-old, is suspected of strangling his ex-girlfriend, Las Vegas Strip dancer Deborah Flores-Narvaez, 32 year-old, during an argument [Read More]
Cornelius Dupree Jr. exonerated by DNA after 30 years in Texas prison
Cornelius Dupree Jr. spent 30 years in prison for a 1979 rape and robbery. Recent DNA testing proved his innocence. (credit: Texas Department of Criminal Justice) After spending 30 years in prison for aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon, Cornelius Dupree Jr., 51 [Read More]
Gov. Haley Barbour suspends the sentences of Jamie and Gladys Scott
Our Twitter name: @burnedbrass Our Twitter hashtag: #burnedbrass Join the conversation on FACEBOOK Thanks to Choke Lumumba, the attorney for the Scott sisters; the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People); Michael Baisden of “The Michael [Read More]
Dutch forensic experts exams bone suspected to be Natalee Holloway
Natalee HollowayDe Telegraaf, a Dutch newspaper, reporting that Dutch forensic experts are examining bone material found on an Aruban beach to determine whether it belonged to missing Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway. The newspaper, quoted by Dutch News, says the bone is a [Read More]
Oakland Uh, what’s happening Oaktown?
Oscar Grant and familyAt a recent news conference at the Oakland’s Emergency Operation Center, Police Chief Anthony Batts explained that unruly marchers were "tearing up the city" as they protested a two-year sentence for Johannes Mehserle, a white man and a [Read More]
Jamie and Gladys Scott armed robbery and life sentence revisited
Article Sponsored by SEO and Social Media Marketing Consultants Jamie Scott who is now 38 year-old is reportedly gravely ill with kidney failure. She was a mother at the time of the crime..I first heard about Jamie Scott and her sister Gladys Scott about five years [Read More]
T.I and wife Tiny arrested for an alleged drug possession
T.I and his wife Tameka Dianne Cottle also known as Tiny were arrested late Wednesday during a traffic stop.Police in Los Angeles is reporting that rapper Clifford Joseph Harris Jr. also known as T.I and his wife Tameka Dianne Cottle also known as Tiny were arrested late [Read More]
Paris Hilton allegedly arrested again for cocaine possession
According to Las Vegas Metro Police, socialite Paris Hilton was arrested late Friday and booked into the Las Vegas' Clark County Detention Center for possession of cocaine - a controlled substance.According to Las Vegas Metro Police, socialite Paris Hilton was arrested late [Read More]
Sexual Victimization in Prisons and Jails Reported by Inmates
Sexual Victimization in Prisons and Jails Reported by InmatesIn a “Sexual Victimization in Prisons and Jails Reported by Inmates” released by the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) in the Office of Justice Programs the following were [Read More]
Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich Guilty of only one count
After two weeks of deliberations, Chicago jurors today convicted Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich of only one of the 24 counts against him.After two weeks of deliberations, Chicago jurors today convicted Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich of only one of the 24 [Read More]
Obama signs Crack cocaine versus Cocaine Powder law
The Obama's Fair Sentencing Act law narrows the ratio from 100:1 to 18:1.Today, President Barack Obama signed into law the Fair Sentencing Act. This law reduces the apparent racist and disproportionate disparity in punishment given to those convicted of possessing crack [Read More]
Why they won’t stop shooting in Chicago
Chicago PoliceThis well written article by Mark J. Konkol and Frank Main, staff reporters of the Chicago Sun-Times discusses why killing in Chicago is not expected to slow down or stop any time soon. Simply put; too many murder cases remain unsolved. According to Kokol and [Read More]
Snitch for Justice – Get Chicago Officer Bailey Murderer Behind Bars
Michael R. Bailey, 62 year-old, a 20-year veteran is sadly the third Chicago Police officer to be gunned down in the last 60 days.An unprovoked aggression or murder against an innocent person is incomprehensible. It is even more gut wrenching and frightening when the [Read More]
Appeals Court Upheld Wesley Snipes Tax Evasion Prison Sentence
Photo Credit: AP Photo/Phil Sandlin As Wesley Trent Snipes prepares to celebrate his 48th birthday on July 31, a panel of judges from the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh says he must serve 3 years prison term.As Wesley Trent Snipes prepares to [Read More]
Mess and Messes Continues to Plague Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
Mess and messes at the Alpha Kappa Alpha SororityYesterday, a judge in Chicago conditionally removed the contempt of court order against the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority (AKA) organization. The temporary removal of the contempt charge was due to the organization providing [Read More]
Help Tampa Police get Dontae Morris off the street
Help Tampa Police get Dontae Morris off the streetDontae Rashawn Morris, 24 year-old, is charged with the murder of two Tampa, Florida police officers and may also be responsible for three more homicides, the police chief is now sayings. Officers David Curtis and [Read More]
Supreme Court: Chicago’s handgun ban is illegal
In a June 28, 2010 Supreme Court decisions, Justice Samuel Alito wrote for the majority by noting, "Self-defense is a basic right, recognized by many legal systems from ancient times to the present day," he also added that "individual self-defense is [Read More]
Quanis Phillips Shot at Michael Vick Birthday Party
The Police Department of Virginia Beach, Virginia is reporting that a birthday party being held for Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick at a local nightclub,Guadalajara on 4611 Columbus Street, broke out into a gunfight around 2:15 a.m. On last Friday. Several news [Read More]
Chicago Judge issued Arrest Warrant for NBA Player Eddy Curry
According to documents obtained from the Circuit Court in Cook County, Chicago, Illinois; Judge Alexander White has issued an arrest warrant in contempt of court against New York Knicks' player Eddy Curry, 28 year-old. Curry reportedly missed a $200,000 hush money [Read More]
Rapper Fat Joe Accused of Sexual Assault
Madison, Wisconsin Police Department detained Rapper Fat Joe yesterday for questioning after a 33 year-old woman filed charges of sexual assault. Fat Joe, whose real name is Joseph Cartagena , and his associates were released after they were questioned by Madison [Read More]
Another Bloody Chicago Weekend: 54 Shot and 10 Dead
Another violent and deadly weekend continues in Chicago. Among those shot during this weekend included a 1 year-old girl who suffered a graze wound to the neck. During the weekend of April 23, 2010, eight people including a toddler were killed and 18 wounded in Chicago. [Read More]
Kanye and Suge Knight – Is a Deadly Beef Brewing?
In 2005, 33 year-old Kanye West , hosted a party in celebration of the MTV Video Music Awards at the Shore Club in Miami. Among his invited celebrity guests was Marion Knight, 45 year-old, also known as Suge Knight. According to court papers, during the party, a lone gunman [Read More]
Chicago 1919 Race Riot In Retrospect
Rock throwing white youths during the 1919 race riotEarly dawn today, I parked my car at the 63rd Street lakefront parking lot and rode my bike along the lakefront bike path to the Buckingham Fountain. As I approached the 29th street lakefront, a strong sense of [Read More]
Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick Goes To Prison
Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images North America By: Charles S. Mombo /Kwame KilpatrickOn the issue of Detroit's former mayor Kwame Kilpatrick sentencing today – whether he had been wrong, why he had been wrong or whether he was sorry is not my call to make. To [Read More]
Aubrey Louis Berry acquitted of Killing Rapper Dolla
(AP Photo/Reed Saxon) Aubrey Louis Berry acquitted Killing rapper Dolla.Nearly a year ago Dolla, the Atlanta-based rapper also known as Roderick Anthony Burton II was fatally shot and killed in the valet waiting area of the Beverly Center mall by Aubrey Louis Berry, 24 [Read More]
What Going On Chicago – Brother Don’t Shoot Me
Photo Credit: Jose M. Osorio/Tribune Mother mother, There's too many of you crying; Brother brother brother; There's far too many of you dying; You know we've got to find a way; To bring some lovin' here today; Don't punish me with brutality. Thomas [Read More]
Aiyana Stanley Jones Did Not Have to Die Execution Style
Aiyana Stanley-Jones shot by Detroit Police during raidFrom every indication, 7 year-old Aiyana Stanley Jones of Detroit, Michigan did not have to die execution style, especially not at the hands of those that are responsible for serving and protecting her.The Detroit [Read More]
Bellaire Police Acquitted After Killing Black Youth Face Down
Sgt. Jeffrey Cotton, a white police officer of the Bellaire Police Department was found not guilty in Houston, Texas for shooting and killing Robert Tolan, a 23-year-old Black or African American man. Robert Tolan was forced to lie face down before he was shot. [Read More]
Philadelphia Cop Shoots Himself Accused Black Males
Here is another case of a White person subconsciously or maybe consciously subscribing to the stereotype and negative depictions of the African American male as a criminal element in our society. On April 5, Philadelphia Police Department issued an all-points bulletin (APB) [Read More]
White Bank Robber Uses Silicon Disguised as African American
Photo: SPLASH NEWS Black male mask used by Conrad Zdzierak, a White robber to disguised as an African AmericanI find it extremely alarming when a White person subconsciously subscribes to the stereotype and negative depictions of the African American male as a criminal [Read More]
Chicago’s O.K. Corral – Urban Gunfights
Chicago Police Superintendent Jody Weis was talking about surging gun violence when he was pulled away. Photo Credit: (John J. Kim/Chicago Sun-Times) Today is not October 26, 1881, and we are not in Tombstone, Arizona Territory, United States. Today is April 03, 2010 and we [Read More]
Flash Mob from an Entrepreneur Perspective
Flash mob or Flash networkA flash mob is usually the gathering of a large group of people who assemble suddenly in a designated public place to perform an unusual and pointless act (such as pillow fight or water balloon fight) for a brief time, and then quickly disperse. [Read More]
Marion Jones Goes to the Court After Track and Field
The talented Marion Jones gets a second change at another professional sportI am not sure who recorded it, but there is a song out there that says, “No you can't keep a good man down, no.” Some thought that after losing five Olympic medals for using [Read More]
Naomi Campbell Refuses to Turn the Other Cheek
The leggy supermodel Naomi Campbell It appears that the leggy supermodel Naomi Campbell is not familiar with the phrase turning the other cheek. The phrase in the Christian doctrine that refers to responding to an aggressor without violence. The phrase originates from the [Read More]
Otis McDonald Sues Chicago Over Handgun Ban
Otis McDonald,76 year-old Chicago's Morgan Park residenceThe Supreme Court agreed to hear oral arguments today over the City of Chicago, Illinois handgun ban. The case was filed by Otis McDonald, 76 year-old Chicago's Morgan Park residence along with others against the [Read More]
Indicted Illinois Governor Blagojevich Speaks on Ethics in Politics
Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich.According to The Daily Northwestern newspaper, former Illinois Governor Rod R. Blagojevich will speak at the university at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 2. The event is titled “Ethics in Politics: An evening with Former Governor Rod [Read More]
Who Need Marijuana When K2 is Legal in Chicago
K2 - Fake Synthetic Marijuana - Blonde and Standard PackagesI can imagine that most drug users are saying to themselves, why risk getting caught with illegal possession of marijuana when K2 is easily and legally available in most Chicago's food and liquor stores. K2, a [Read More]
How Can We Better Protect IRS Employees?
On Thursday, Joseph A. Stack, 53 year-old, apparently frustrated with the Internal Revenue Service, crashing his single-engine Piper Cherokee plane into an Austin, Texas, Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building. Close to 200 IRS employees work in the building. It is common [Read More]
Lil Wayne Diamonds on Teeth Postponed His Jail Time
Lil Wayne Diamond Teeth Postponed His Jail Time Today, Lil Wayne was expected to begin serving his one-year sentence at Rikers Island Prison on weapons-possession charge, but his sentencing was postponed until March 2, to take care of some dental related issues. Rikers [Read More]
Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon to Resign After Alford plea
By: Tolbert Yarkpawolo A screen shot from Baltimore's WBAL-TV showing Mayor Sheila Dixon as she fights back tears during her resignation announcement. Mayor Sheila Dixon"It was with deep regret and sadness that I'm resigning as mayor," Baltimore [Read More]
Should U.S. Execute Foreign Terrorist Without Trial?
In the wake of failed Nigerian suicide bomber, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, attempt to bring down a Amsterdam to Detroit plane, should the U.S. execute foreign terrorist without trial? SeeMombo.com Bookmark ChocolateCity.cc Hide Sites [Read More]
What is Wrong With This Damn Katt?
Comedian Katt WilliamsOn November 8th, the Comedian Katt Williams was arrested on charges of allegedly stealing $3,555 in jewelry and collectible coins. After posting $41,150 bond in Coweta County, Georgia, he was released. On November 10th, Williams was reportedly [Read More]
