Suge Knight’s Former Attorneys Arrested For Attempting To Bribe Witnesses In Murder Case
TMZ is reporting that two of Suge Knight‘s former attorneys, Matthew Fletcher and Thaddeus Culpepper, were arrested for trying to bribe witnesses in his murder case, allegedly.
The two attorneys were arrested on felonious charges: acting as accessories after the fact.
The allegations surround Suge’s murder case over an incident at Tam’s burger joint in Compton. Suge ran over 2 people, killing one of them. He claims he was acting in self-defense.
Fletcher allegedly tried to pay witnesses who were at Tam’s to say they saw the victims and others in possession of a gun — a critical point in Suge’s defense … this according to documents obtained by the L.A. Times.
Culpepper allegedly tried to pay an informant to say he was present during the incident at Tam’s and would testify in a way that was favorable to Suge.
Both attorneys are being held on $1 million bail.
Disney star Adam Hicks arrested on suspicion of a ‘string of armed street robberies’
Hulu series Freakish‘s Adam Hicks of the and Danni Tamburo were arrested Wednesday on suspicion of committing multiple armed robberies.
Hicks “was arrested yesterday afternoon in connection with a string of armed street robberies that occurred yesterday morning,” Sgt. Derek Green of the Burbank Police Department in Los Angeles initially told EW over email. Hicks is due in court tomorrow.
According to a news release sent to media in the early afternoon on Thursday, a 52-year-old walking in Burbank was approached by “a male armed with a handgun,” who demanded the victim’s wallet. The gentleman was able to escape safely, but three additional robberies occurred in the same area within minutes of each other as authorities were investigating the first crime.
Tamburo was suspected to have been driving the vehicle “during the commission of the robberies.”
Police were able to identify the suspect’s vehicle as a dark-colored Kia based on descriptions from victims and witnesses. “Officers found property with the vehicle belonging to one of the robbery victims, and additional stolen property in a nearby area,” the press release reads.
Reps for Hicks did not immediately respond to EW’s request for comment.
Before debuting as Diesel on Freakish, a series about high school students battling mutants, Hicks appeared in various movies and television shows — including The Boy Next Door, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Disney’s Pair of Kings and Lemonade Mouth, and Disney XD’s Zeke and Luther.
Article via: http://ew.com/tv/2018/01/25/adam-hicks-arrested-robbery/
Missouri Man Admits to Hiding Cameras in Bathrooms at Church and Where He Worked
A 28-year-old Missouri man was arrested after confessing to hiding cameras inside bathrooms where he worked and at the church he volunteered at, according to KTVI.
The investigation began on January 15th after an employee at Adrenaline Zone in St. Charles discovered a covert camera in one of the bathrooms, according to a spokesperson for the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office.
Investigators obtained the camera and examined its footage, which allegedly self-recorded 28-year-old Jeffery Eisenbath installing the device. The footage also showed people entering and exiting the bathroom.
Eisenbath was out of town while the investigation was going on, but law enforcement obtained a search warrant for a computer and recording devices at his home. Eisenbath returned to the area January 22 and was taken into custody while driving. Authorities seized his computer, memory drives, and five covert cameras.
The sheriff’s office said Eisenbath confessed to installing the camera in the Adrenaline Zone, as well as a second camera in the bathroom at Sacred Heart Catholic Church.
The Archdiocese of St. Louis and Sacred Heart Parish are assisting law enforcement in the investigation.
Eisenbath was charged in St. Charles County with felony invasion of property and remains jailed on $25,000 cash-only bond. He was charged in Lincoln County with felony invasion of privacy and possession of child pornography. Bond was set at $100,000 cash-only.
via: http://ktla.com/2018/01/25/man-admits-to-hiding-cameras-in-bathroom-at-church-entertainment-complex/
Escaped Texas Inmate Arrested After Running Back to Jail With Bag of Alcohol, Home-Cooked Food
An escaped inmate in Texas is back behind bars, after authorities caught him running back to the prison with a duffel bag of alcohol, home-cooked food and tobacco.
Jefferson County Sheriff’s officers and US Marshals were tipped off that inmates were escaping the federal prison in Beaumont, Texas, and crossing onto a rancher’s land that backs up to the federal complex. The inmates would then pick up contraband that was dropped off for them and bring it back to the prison.
After authorities set up surveillance on Wednesday, they spotted a truck pulling onto the private property and dropping off a large bag. Shortly after, Joshua Hansen, an inmate serving time for narcotics charges, was seen running from prison grounds, grabbing the bag and making his way back when police arrested him.
Inside the duffel bag, police found three bottles of Brandy, one bottle of Whiskey, multiple bags of Buglar tobacco, prepackaged snacks and a large amount of home-cooked food, including BBQ sausage and fried chicken.
Hansen, 25, is charged with escape and possession of marijuana, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office. He is currently on a federal hold.
Mom Of Sorority Girl Who Posted Viral Video ‘F*****g N****s’ Says Her Daughter Deserved To Get Expelled
Jill Barbera is heartbroken to see her estranged daughter “degrading herself.”
Harley Barber’s racist rants went viral, and as a result she was dismissed from her Alpha Phi sorority and expelled from the University of Alabama. Soon after Barber apologized for her offensive remarks, and now her mother Jill Barbera is speaking out.
Barbera said she forced Barber out of the house in December 2016 after months of arguing, and that Barbera did not raise her daughter to have these views. Barber then moved in with her paternal grandmother.
“This is not a reflection of how she was raised. She’s just degrading herself and it breaks my heart,” Barbera said. “I hope someone can look at this and learn. I don’t want anyone to feel what I feel.”
The mother, estranged from her daughter, expressed her support for the University of Alabama’s decision to remove her daughter from the campus, as reported by NJ.com.
“I agree with the punishment,” said Barbera, whose daughter earned national scorn for repeatedly using the n-word in an Instagram video. “I fully support their decision.”
Despite Barbera’s agreement with the punishment, three prominent civil rights activists urged the University of Alabama to rescind their decision in an open letter to the college’s president, according to NJ.com.
Although the former American Civil Liberties Union officials said they were “dismayed and disgusted” by Barber’s videos wherein she repeatedly used the N-word, they argue her expulsion was “unconstitutional, un-strategic and likely to be ineffective.”
“The University of Alabama is an educational institution, and this was a teachable moment that you should not squander,” the three civil rights activists wrote University of Alabama President Stuart R. Bell.
“The impulse to punish Ms. Barber in response to what she said in that video is understandable as an emotional reaction,” said the letter signed by Ira Glasser, former executive director of the ACLU, Norman Siegel, former director of the New York Civil Liberties Union, and Michael Meyers, the president and executive director of the New York Civil Rights Coalition and former executive committee member of ACLU.
The open letter by the civil rights activists says the school’s decision is impeding on the right of free speech at public institutions.
“The first ban on ‘offensive’ speech is never the last, and the power to ban speech is barred by the First Amendment because it all depends on who is exercising that power, and what he or she finds ‘offensive,'” the letter writes argue.
Barber’s words were found offensive by many; however, the activists suggest this expulsion can then be used in less popular scenarios. For example, if a student were to speak out in favor of abortion rights on a conservative campus and the school expelled them, they would be banning their own version of “offensive” speech.
Mom, boyfriend allegedly beat 4-year-old boy to death because he spilled his cereal
NORRISTOWN, PA — A 4-year-old boy was beaten to death by his mom and her boyfriend because he spilled his cereal, officials said.
Tahjir Smith was repeatedly struck in the head and torso, prosecutors said A shoe was used to hit him at one point. Paramedics found him limp and unresponsive when they rushed to his home after the beating.
“This senseless death of a 4-year-old boy at the hands of the very adults who are supposed to care for him and keep him safe is a horrible tragedy,” Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele said. “This is the face of domestic violence—a preschooler was beaten until he stopped breathing because he spilled his cereal. We have charged the mother and her boyfriend and will be the voice for justice for Tahjir.”
An autopsy found the boy also had old rib fractures in addition to the fresh injures.
Police charged Lisa Smith, 19, and Keiff King, 26, with aggravated assault, criminal attempted murder, aggravated assault and endangering the welfare of a child.
Their bail was set at $500,000 each. They failed to post bail and were remanded to the local correctional facility.
Nurse who killed patients ‘out of boredom’ charged with 97 more murders at hospitals
BERLIN — A German nurse who is already serving a life sentence for two murders has been charged with killing 97 more patients over several years at two hospitals in northwestern Germany, prosecutors said Monday.
The new indictment against Niels Hoegel was expected after officials said in November that he may have killed more than 100 patients in total. He worked at a clinic in Oldenburg from 1999 to 2002 and in nearby Delmenhorst from 2003 to 2005.
Hoegel was convicted in 2015 of two murders and two attempted murders in Delmenhorst and was given a life sentence.
During his trial, Hoegel had said he intentionally brought about cardiac crises in about 90 patients in Delmenhorst because he enjoyed the feeling of being able to resuscitate them. He later told investigators that he also killed patients in Oldenburg.
Those statements prompted investigators to carry out toxicological examinations on dozens of other patients who died at the hospitals, leading to the new charges.
It wasn’t immediately clear when a new trial at the state court in Oldenburg might start. Additional convictions could affect Hoegel’s possibility of parole, but there are no consecutive sentences in Germany. In general, people serving life sentences are considered for parole after 15 years.
Of the new cases, 62 involve patients who died in Delmenhorst and 35 patients in Oldenburg. Prosecutor Martin Koziolek said that, in three further cases investigators viewed as suspicious, tests didn’t produce enough evidence to add them to the charge sheet.
Hoegel used a variety of drugs in his resuscitation attempts, Koziolek said. He added that prosecutors believe Hoegel “in all cases at least accepted the death of the patients as a result of the effect of the drugs.”
As part of a wider investigation involving both hospitals, police and prosecutors reviewed more than 500 patient files and hundreds more hospital records. They also exhumed 134 bodies from 67 cemeteries, and questioned Hoegel six times.
Police have said if local health officials hadn’t hesitated in alerting authorities, Hoegel could have been stopped earlier.
Authorities are already pursuing criminal cases against former staff at the medical facilities.
Manager had open sores while making pizza, using heroin with boyfriend at Little Caesars
SHELBYVILLE, Ind. – A former manager of an Indiana Little Caesars and her boyfriend are accused of buying and using heroin at the restaurant.
The former pizzeria employee, Sasha Fletcher, allegedly has hepatitis C and was preparing food with open sores on her body, according to WXIN.
Shelbyville police arrested Fletcher, and her boyfriend, Joshua Parson, after investigating the business in the 800 block of Harrison St. in Shelbyville Tuesday.
When officers arrived, they began speaking with Fletcher and observed Parson, who is not an employee, making a pizza barehanded, according to a police report. While speaking to the couple, officers say they appeared to be impaired on heroin.
Officers then deployed a K9 to sniff the area of the couple’s vehicle. The dog reportedly indicated the odor of narcotics in the vehicle. During a search, officers say they found several syringes and spoons with residue that “appeared to be heroin.”
Both Fletcher and Parson were arrested and charged with possession of a syringe and possession of heroin.
Fletcher has been fired by Little Caesars and the restaurant will be thoroughly cleaned, according to Robert Lewis, the county health commissioner.
Indiana law requires any person in the food service industry with open sores to utilize an impenetrable barrier between the open sores and any food they are handling.
“Mr. Lewis has been checking today with local health officials on the potential for a contagious outbreak,” said Prosecuting Attorney Brad Landwerlen Wednesday.
Off-duty cop pistol-whips man, steals his pants and shoes in Brooklyn
BUSHWICK, Brooklyn — An off-duty police officer allegedly pistol-whipped a man outside a Bushwick nightclub and robbed him, prosecutors said Wednesday.
Anthony Delacruz, 34, and an unidentified accomplice were caught on video in a confrontation with another man on May 28 around 3:30 a.m., officials said. Delacruz pointed his service weapon at a man who was hiding behind a car.
All three men go off camera and, when they return, the unidentified accomplice is carrying clothing and sneakers, prosecutors said. Delacruz and his accomplice walked away.
The victim, who can be seen on camera dressed only in a t-shirt and boxers, walked away with no shoes on, officials said. Delacruz allegedly pistol-whipped him when they were off camera. The victim’s DNA was found on the muzzle of Delacruz’ gun.
A shell casing at the scene also massed Delacruz’ gun.
“This defendant’s alleged brazen and criminal behavior was in direct contradiction to the oath he took to protect and serve,” Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez said. “He then allegedly made a deplorable situation worse by falsely accusing multiple individuals of robbing him.”
Delacruz had initially told other officers that his alleged victim had actually robbed him along with some other men, officials said. Officers responding to a call for shots fired found him near El Mekkah Bar and Grill.
He allegedly told them he was in his vehicle when he was surrounded by several men who stole his gold chain, Rolex watch and a gold ring before fleeing, prosecutors said. Delacruz said he chased after the perpetrators and fired at them once.
A group of people were taken into custody after Delacruz told police his version of what happened, but video evidence quickly showed his version of events was not accurate.
He was arraigned on 14 charges Wednesday. Delacruz was charged with robbery, assault, menacing, falsely reporting an incident and petit larceny, among other charges. He faces up to 25 years in prison for the robbery charges.
Postal carrier used job to steal credit cards from Long Island homes, go on shopping sprees with girlfriend
MINEOLA, N.Y. — A Long Island postal carrier and his school safety agent girlfriend allegedly stole dozens of credit cards so they could make luxury purchases. Naquan Wilson, 28, and Shantavia Davis, 33, allegedly stole more than 30 credit cards, Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas said. They bought a Christian Louboutin wallet and shoes, Canada Goose outerwear and Burberry clothing.
“These defendants are charged with stealing Nassau residents’ mail and using stolen credit cards to fund shopping sprees for luxury goods from Louboutin shoes to high-end electronics,” Singas said.
Wilson allegedly stole credit cards that were supposed to be delivered on his route and other routes, prosecutors said. He’d use he CVV and CVC numbers on the back of the card and Bitcoin to pay for personal information on the dark web.
Wilson, who started working for the postal service in 2013, and Davis, a school safety agent, allegedly bought expensive clothing and electronics. They leased a Maserati.
Davis has resigned from her position as a safety agent in Brooklyn. She was charged with criminal possession of stolen property, forgery, identify theft and unlawful possession of personal information. She faces up to seven years in prison.
Her boyfriend was charged with criminal possession of stolen property, forgery, identify theft and unlawful possession of personal information. He faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted on the top count.