LUSBY, Md. -- A neighbor whose 911 call led authorities to the discovery of child-sized human remains in a freezer described the suspect as "frazzled." "She didn't seem like all her pieces were there," Phillip Garrett said of his one encounter with Renee Bowman Bowman told police that child-sized human remains uncovered in her basement freezer were those of her two adopted daughters, and police in Calvert County believe that she is… Continue
A South Side man was charged Monday evening with the weekend murder of Chicago Police Officer Nathaniel Taylor Jr.
Court records show that the suspect, Lamar Cooper, was convicted of attempted murder nearly two decades ago for shooting at another Chicago police officer just blocks from Sunday morning's murder scene.
Cooper was charged with first-degree murder, felony weapons and cocaine… Continue
In blackest day since 1987, Wall Street sees it fade away Even before the opening bell, Monday looked ugly. But by the time that bell sounded again on the New York Stock Exchange, seven and a half frantic hours later, $1.2 trillion had vanished from the U.S. stock market. What had started 24 hours earlier, with a modest sell-off in stock markets in Asia, had turned into Wall Street's blackest day since the 1987 crash. The… Continue
Yesterday, Green Party presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney, held a press conference to reveal 5,000 black males were suspiciously murdered during Hurricane Katrina. According to McKinney, the names of the 5,000 are contained in a Pentagon computer. She claims the men were prisoners whose bodies were dumped in a swamp. :?
I do recall New Orleans prison officials releasing a large number of black prisoners after Hurricane Katrina when rising water flooded… Continue
*Jacksonville Jaguars offensive tackle Richard Collier, who was shot earlier this month, is paralyzed below the waist and has had his left leg amputated, his doctors said Monday. Collier, who had 14 bullet wounds, has had his condition lifted from critical to stable, according to the Associated Press.
The athlete and his former teammate Kenneth Pettway were waiting for two women outside an apartment complex early Sept. 2 when a gunman… Continue
After pleading guilty to a gun possession charge last week, SOHH has learned that Philadelphia rapper Peedi Crakk is currently serving time behind bars. A rep from Peedi’s record label Amalgam Digital has confirmed reports about the former Roc-A-Fella artist facing a gun charge dating back to around 2002. “It’s old charges, from years ago,” the rep told SOHH. “The case finally came up in court. Peedi gave a guilty plea to accept a lesser sentence.… Continue
Reggae star Sean Kingston's $500,000 chain was stolen from the mail, after the teen rapper had his sister FedEx a diamond encrusted link chain with a crayon box medallion, from Los Angeles to a jeweler in New York. The authorities were alerted about the missing bling when the shipped package arrived at the jeweler's shop empty, according to TMZ.com.
Kingston's sister reportedly only insured the extravagant parcel for just… Continue
Reagan Gomez-Preston on the cover of the King Magazine‘s 2008 Election Issue. Her acting career has tanked since parenthood but she recently appeared in TI’s “Whatever You Like” Video which I am assuming got her this cover. She looks damn good though!
Jadakiss might be a fast worker, but Def Jam is proving to be pretty swift, too.
The Yonkers MC is still “a few joints away” from finishing up his third album, Kiss My Ass. But his new label is pushing forward with his project right away. They—not him, he said–recently leaked the Jay-Z-assisted “Who Run This.’
“They rolling the ball a little quicker than me,” Kiss told XXLmag.com about his Roc-A-Fella debut. That’s why it’s going… Continue
Posted Sept. 29, 2008 – The last of six White West Virginians accused of kidnapping, raping and torturing a 20-year-old Black woman last year has pleaded guilty. On Friday, Danny J. Combs, pictured above, followed the five other defendants, which included a mother-daughter and mother-son pair, admitting his role in one of the most heinous racial crimes in modern history. The case not only shined a spotlight on the backwardness of back-woods West… Continue
With his video for the hustler’s anthem, “Make The World Go Round” hitting rotation soon, SOHH spoke with famed Queens rapper Nas during a conference call to talk about the new single and his chemistry with West Coast powerhouse The Game. “Make the World Go Round,” Nas’ second single off his self-titled album is an ode to all of the people across the world who are getting money. Nas admits that he didn’t have to look far to come up with the concept… Continue
After a long battle to keep a Bronx residence believed to be the birthplace of hip-hop from being sold, New York City officials have announced that the apartment building will go on the market later this week.
According to the New York Times, the city’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development along with its’ landlord released their decision last Friday (September 26) confirming their intent to allow the building, 1520 Sedgwick,… Continue
COOPERTOWN, Tenn. -- Deputies said five children were seen coming out of the back of a U-Haul after a woman pulled into a Mapco in Coopertown. The children range in age from 4 to 13 years old. Three more unrestrained children were riding in the front with Quiana Deberry; the youngest was 11 months old. "No ventilation, no way for them to communicate with the people in front if there was a problem,” said Coopertown Police Department Chief Jessie… Continue
DALLAS — Police were questioning a suspect late Friday who is accused of throwing his 2-month-old daughter into a construction hole, according to authorities.
Witnesses told police that the father, Dondrake Jackson, 31, walked out of a residence in the 2300 block of Blue Creek Drive about 1:20 p.m. and threw the infant into a three-foot-deep hole. Jackson was being held at Lew Sterrett Justice Center late Friday. Bail had not been… Continue