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Dec 21, 2011 at 1:46 pm

Fire Fiend Stole Keys, Harrassed Victim For Months

Fire Fiend Stole Keys, Harrassed Victim For Months

Jerome “Jerry” Isaac, the Brooklyn man accused of setting a 73-year-old grandmother on fire in her building’s elevator, harassed his victim for months, family members say.

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According to reports, Issac stole keys to Delores Gillespie’s apartment and repeatedly jammed the locks every time she changed them.

Issac claims she owed him more than $2,100 for odd jobs he did in her apartment, but according to members

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Dec 8, 2011 at 5:37 pm

Detroit Robbery Victim Gives Life To Save His Wife

Detroit Robbery Victim Gives Life To Save His Wife

A Detroit man is being hailed as a hero after he gave his own life in a robbery so that his wife could be spared.

SEE ALSO: Man Stabbed At Airport, Gets On Flight Anyway

Tommie Caldwell, 63, was fatally shot when robbers entered the northwest Detroit home he shared with his wife.

Caldwell was forced back into his home by a gunman Wednesday morning as he exited to head to work.

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Nov 27, 2011 at 11:12 am

Sad! Man Killed Shortly After Being Freed For Murder He Didn’t Commit

Sad! Man Killed Shortly After Being Freed For Murder He Didn’t Commit

A 23-year-old Bronx, N.Y.  man who was acquitted of murder in March after spending 4 years behind bars for a crime he did not commit was fatally shot last Monday near his home, police say.

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David Clarke, the ex-murder suspect released from Rikers Island in March after a jury overturned his 2007 murder conviction,

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Nov 23, 2011 at 12:13 pm

New Jersey Man Acquitted Of Murdering 5 Teenagers In ’78

New Jersey Man Acquitted Of Murdering 5 Teenagers In ’78

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey man on Wednesday was acquitted of locking five teenagers in an abandoned home in 1978 and burning them to death in retaliation for stealing marijuana, ending a case that went cold until 2008 because no bodies were ever found.

A jury in Newark found Lee Evans not guilty of 10 murder-related counts in the deaths of the teens.

Evans represented himself and denied killing the boys.

Prosecutors

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Oct 27, 2011 at 5:53 pm

Five Most Outrageous Cases Of Athletes Charged With Murder

Five Most Outrageous Cases Of Athletes Charged With Murder

Despite the negative stereotypes of athletes and crime, it is rare that athletes are actually charged with murder. Sometimes the issues are domestic, sometimes the charges are false, but all make for disturbing stories.

Here are five of numerous professional athletes charged with murder.

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5. Robert Rozier
Robert Rozier was born in Alaska and played six games for the St.

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Oct 12, 2011 at 10:32 am

Cops Say Omarosa’s Brother Was Murdered By Girlfriend’s Ex

Cops Say Omarosa’s Brother Was Murdered By Girlfriend’s Ex

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio-Jack Manigault, the brother of former “Apprentice” and TV-One’s “Ultimate Merger” star, Omarosa Manigault was murdered in Youngstown Ohio.

Police claim that Manigault was killed by his girlfriend’s ex lover, 22-year-old Marco Cardenas who had broken into their home.

Omarosa Wants To Tie The Knot With New Boyfriend Michael Clarke Duncan

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Oct 7, 2011 at 12:02 pm

What?! Man Arrested For Killing His Elderly Mother With His Car

What?! Man Arrested For Killing His Elderly Mother With His Car

AUSTIN — An Austin, Texas man is in police custody after he was arrested for running over and killing his mother with his car.

EMS responders were transporting 72-year-old Virginia Samuelson from her car to an ambulance to treat injuries she suffered from a fight with her son Shaun Samuelson, 45, when he intentionally ran her over with his truck.

They tried pulling the stretcher Samuelson was on, but were not able to in

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Oct 2, 2011 at 8:40 am

Bye! Ex-Harvard Student Sentenced To 3 Years In Murder Case

Bye! Ex-Harvard Student Sentenced To 3 Years In Murder Case

WOBURN, Mass. — A former Harvard University student was sentenced Friday to three years in prison after pleading guilty in connection with the 2009 fatal shooting of a Cambridge man during a drug robbery inside a dormitory.

By pleading guilty Friday, Brittany Smith, 24, admitted she hid the gun used in the shooting of Justin Cosby and helped three men involved in the killing elude authorities and flee to New York City.

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Aug 29, 2011 at 4:03 pm

8 Wacky Crime Facts

8 Wacky Crime Facts

Did you know that 95 percent of the music downloads in the United States are downloaded illegally? Or did you know that an estimated 10,000 prostitutes flock to the Super Bowl every year?
Studies of these crime trends always make for good news headlines because it always makes you wonder “How is this happening?!”
Here’s a list of 8 crime studies and facts that will baffle you.

1. Disney-Made Town Had No Murders For 14

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Aug 22, 2011 at 9:06 am

Man Admits To Killing Wife After Blaming Black Men For Hate Crime

Man Admits To Killing Wife After Blaming Black Men For Hate Crime

BOONTON, N.J-Kashif Parvaiz admitted to orchestrating the killing of his wife, Nazish Noorani, with his mistress, Antoinette Stephen.

Noorani and Parvaiz were both shot in the Boonton, New Jersey but police began to suspect he was involved after they discovered flaws in his story. Parvais’s original story had police suspicious of a hate crime after he claimed three Black men shot him and his wife while yelling “terrorists.”

The Bend Bulletin reports:

Parvaiz, according

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Aug 17, 2011 at 10:25 am

Up And Coming Rapper Found Shot And Burned In SUV

Up And Coming Rapper Found Shot And Burned In SUV

BERGEN COUNTY, NJ — A New Jersey rappper was found shot dead in an SUV in suburban New Jersey.

He was also shot before the SUV was torched along with his body.

The rapper, Kampane, real name Rhian Stout, was so badly burned it took a day for police to identify the body.

The New York Daily News reports:

The 33-year-old’s corpse was discovered about 8 a.m., crammed inside the back of a black Chevy Tahoe

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Aug 12, 2011 at 10:45 am

Sad! Teen Arrested For Killing College Student Over 50 Cents

Sad! Teen Arrested For Killing College Student Over 50 Cents

NEW YORK-19-year-old Dasheem Campbell was arrested and charged with murder for killing a 20-year-old college student who was trying to stop his brother from being robbed for 50 cents.

The New York Daily News reports:

“Yo, you guys got fifty cents?” Campbell asked the men, witnesses told police.

One of the young men then pulled out a gun and said, “Man, I’ve had enough of this shit!”

Another man then started going through Steven Hernandez’s

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