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National: Couple Jailed for Theft After Bank Mistake

hbarber — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 13:46:06 +0000

A Pennsylvania couple said they had no idea that an extra $175,000 in their checking account was the result of a bank error. But the fact that they quit their jobs, moved to Florida and were about to buy a new home was enough to convince authorities that Randy, 50, and Melissa Pratt, 36, were trying to cash in on the mistake. So the duo were arraigned Tuesday on theft and other charges and jailed in lieu of $100,000 bail. They had actually deposited $1,772.50 in their FNB Bank account last summer, but the teller misplaced the decimal, unwittingly giving the couple a windfall of $177,250.

Rapper Jailed on Alleged Parole Violation

hbarber — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:15:22 +0000

Rapper jailed on alleged parole violation.

A dirty urine sample has led to rapper Gucci Mane’s arrest and expected jail time of a year. Gucci was taken into custody last week for reportedly violating parole on a 2005 incident when he reportedly beat a promoter with a pool cue. His recent urine test reportedly turned up drugs and alcohol. The rapper also is said to have served just 25 hours of a 600-hour community service sentence.

Entertainment News: Spinners’ Pervis Jackson Dies; DMX Jailed Until His October Court Date

thenry — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:47:05 +0000

A Motown vocalist dies of cancer

Motown singer Pervis Jackson, of the popular 1970s group The Spinners, has died. Jackson, whose voice can be heard on hits including “Rubber Band Man,” was hospitalized, suffering from cancer in Detroit . He was 70 years old when he passed on Monday.

Rapper is on Arizona ’s “no bail” hold

The good news is that DMX will go at least a month and a half without being arrested again. The bad news is that he’s locked up in Arizona until his next court date in October after he was collared in Miami last week. X had missed a hearing on Arizona drug charges days earlier, later telling his lawyer that he’d checked himself into a Florida hospital for unspecified reasons. Cops later found the rapper at a Wal-Mart store where he was promptly picked up and then sent back to Arizona , where he’s listed on “no bail” hold. DMX has been arrested more than a half-dozen times on various charges this year.

Mother Remains Jailed For Starving Baby For Not Saying ‘Amen’

thenry — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:08:22 +0000

Authorities said that the mother was a member of a strange religious cult

God never raised 1-year-old Javon Thompson from the dead, as Queen Antoinette had promised, so the lifeless body of the starved baby lay in a back room for nearly a week and decomposed, police say. Javon’s mother, Ria Ramkissoon (above), allegedly denied him food and water for two days because he wouldn’t say “Amen” after meals. She was apparently carrying out a strict edict handed down by Queen Antoinette, the leader of an alleged cult known as 1 Mind Ministries. Go to BET.com/News for more on this story.

Detroit’s ‘Hip-hop Mayor’ Is To Be Released

thenry — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:15:11 +0000

Kwame Kilpatrick was jailed after an unauthorized trip

Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is to be released from jail on Friday, but tethered to a monitoring device, according to the latest news reports. Despite his apologies to 36th District Court Judge Ronald Giles at a hearing on Thursday, Kilpatrick (seen above in booking photo) woke up in Wayne County Jail this morning after he made an unauthorized trip out of the country. The trip apparently was in violation of the conditions of his parole on purjury charges in connection with an affair the Detroit mayor allegedly had with a co-worker. However, now the so-called hip-hop mayor faces a whole new set of problems. Read more at BET.com/News. Should he have been sent to jail?