Author: Spike Bowan
Judge Catches “Z”‘s during trial, Defendant awarded new trial
Man gets new trial after judge nods off (FOX)- A Kansas appellate court says a man convicted of assault and weapons charges deserves a new trial because his trial judge fell asleep during testimony. The Kansas City Star reports the Kansas Court of Appeals on Friday threw out Daquantrius Johnson’s 2014 convictions. According to the […]
Read MoreTeen girl’s burned body found at Vegas apartment complex
There are many questions lingering after a teen girl was found dead at an apartment complex in Las Vegas. Her body was badly burned and police estimate her age to be between 14 and 18 years old. (FOX)- Detectives on the scene determined that she was killed and then set on fire post mortem, according to […]
Read MoreColorado police searching for missing Purple Heart recipient
A veteran who has a traumatic brain injury has not been seen or heard from since Saturday night, the Broomfield Police Department said. (FOX)- Cory Hixson, 33, was last seen near West Midway Boulevard and Via Varra Drive about 9:30 p.m. Saturday. Police said Hixson, who is a Purple Heart recipient, suffers from memory loss, […]
Read MorePirates hijack freighter off of Somali Coast
Pirates have hijacked an oil tanker off the coast of Somalia, Somali officials and piracy experts said Tuesday, in the first hijacking of a large commercial vessel there since 2012. (FOX)- The area where the hijacking occurred is overseen by the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet, which is based in Bahrain. It was not immediately clear […]
Read MoreSnoop Dogg shoots clown resembling Trump in new music video
Snoop Dogg uses a toy gun to shoot a clown resembling President Donald Trump in a new music video. There is a world of difference between “artistic license” with your 1st Amendment right of Free Speech, and being a non-relevant rapper making a tasteless political statement and threatening the President of the United States. Not […]
Read MoreChicago man who beat murder rap killed after leaving jail
A Chicago man who faced murder charges that were dismissed after prosecutors failed to give him a speedy trial was killed as he was driven away from Cook County Jail. (FOX)- Kamari Belmont was charged in the May 2015 shooting of 40-year-old Sorrell Marshall, who died three weeks later. Belmont was initially charged with attempted […]
Read MoreCar bomb blast kills 6 near hotel in Somalia’s capital
A suicide car bomber detonated near a hotel in Somalia’s capital Monday morning, killing at least six people and injuring four others, police said. (SeattleTimes)- The bomber detonated near the Weheliye hotel on the busy Maka Almukarramah road, Capt. Mohamed Hussein said. Ambulances rushed to the scene. The al-Qaida-linked Islamic extremist group al-Shabab claimed responsibility […]
Read MoreIllegal immigrant accused of beheading his mom gives chilling 911 call
An 18-year-old man accused of decapitating his mother promised an emergency dispatcher that he wouldn’t kill two young siblings heard wailing in the background of his 911 call, according to a recording released Thursday. (FOX)- The suspect, who called 911 not long after the killing Monday afternoon, calmly gave answers throughout the nearly 17-minute recording […]
Read MoreMan accused of holding 8 women against their will facing additional charges
Police announced 12 additional felony charges against a man accused of holding eight women against their will inside a multimillion-dollar home in Sandy Springs, Ga. (FOX)- Friday, police said Kenndric Roberts, 33, is now facing five counts of false imprisonment, five counts of trafficking a person for labor and two counts of possession of a […]
Read MoreNew controversy over Michael Brown shooting
A Snowflake’s Ferguson documentary causes new controversy over Michael Brown shooting Here is the thing. The coroner and CSI reports all show that Brown was shot trying to take the officers weapon. He was a scum bag thug, playing stupid games and he got stupid prizes. The fact that the film maker is trying to […]
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