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By Alicia Cruz TheCrimesBeatNews Recently cut San Antonio Spurs shooting guard Joshua Primo responded to a lawsuit filed by a former team Therapist saying she is simply using "ugly stereotypes and racially charged fears" for financial gain. Primo was cut from the team following allegations he exposed his genitals to Dr. Hillary Cauthen nine times during therapeutic sessions, the Daily Beast reported . In her lawsuit filed in Bexar County Cauthen, who made it clear she is looking for accountability not money, said her reports fell on deaf ears and the only thing that changed was her employment status when team officials failed to renew her contract for the upcoming season. KSAT12 News San Antonio: Read the Entire Lawsuit here Joshua Primo HS photo Credit/NorthPoleHoops “The Spurs organization was willing to sacrifice Dr. Cauthen to keep what they hoped would one day be a star player,” Cauthen’s lawsuit says. “Once Primo's conduct entered the public sphere, the Spurs were f...

By Alicia Cruz The Crimes Beat News Despite the arrests of five young men police say were members of  Chicago's South Side “Perry Avenue” gang who killed YouTube Freelance Journalist/Videographer Zachary Stoner, none were prosecuted.  Since the decision not to prosecute two of the suspects have been killed. Both murders remain unsolved. The suspects, whose names were never released nor were their arrests announced by Chicago Police. The  Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office issued a brief Monday stating their evidence "was insufficient" to file charges and that Chicago Police agreed.  However an open records request by the Associated Press showed that police gathered  cellphone location data information, eyewitness accounts, video footage in addition to a ballistics report from the medical examiner's office on the bullet removed from Stoner's brain during autopsy. Zachary Stoner Photo Credit: GossipOnThis No possible motive has been released and police have no...

Courtney Fowler is pleading for help from the community as the search for her missing sister continued. Sterlina Bland, 46, of Raleigh, NC Photo/Facebook According to a WRAL article , Sterlina Bland's mental health further deteriorated after she contracted COVID-19 in February 2022. Fowler says before she disappeared  from her Ranch Mill Circle home Sterlina stopped responding to texts and phone calls but then on September 23, she just vanished along with her burgundy 4-door Ford, bearing license plate JBW6141.  Her heartbroken son, Jayden just wants his mother back home. Similar to Sterlina's Burgundy Ford “She loves her son to pieces. Why would she leave? I want her to get the help that she needs, and I want her to know that she's safe, and she's loved,”  said Fowler .  If you have information regarding Sterlina Bland's whereabouts or disappearance, please call the Raleigh Police Department at 919-996-1521. YouTube: Sterlina Bland's Family Begging For Answers

By Alicia Cruz The Black Urban Times Photo/memorytorch.net  The trial of the Fayetteville man accused of murdering and raping five-year-old Shaniya Davis in 2009 is underway after Superior Court Judge Jim Ammons ruled that 32-year-old Mario Andrette McNeil is capable of helping in his defense. Jurors heard opening statements before a packed courtroom in the McNeill murder trial held at the Cumberland County courthouse almost two weeks ago. Almost immediately, Ammons ceased the proceedings in order to ascertain the mental stability of McNeil and declare if he was able to assist in his own defense. Prior to the start of opening statements, Ammons ruled last Monday on a motion by McNeill's lawyers to prevent prosecutors from telling the jury that McNeill knew where Shaniya's body had been hidden. He said the state can tell jurors that McNeil's first two attorneys, Allen Rogers and Cory Brewer, told Fayetteville police where to find Shaniya's body, and may say those a...

By Alicia Cruz Associated Content Rapper Jay-Z announced last week that he would sell his stake in NBA team the Brooklyn Nets. After launching Roc Nation Sports, a sports management agency, Jay-Z (nee Shawn Carter) had to sell due to NBA rules against "double-dipping." According to the NBA rules, agents cannot have title to a team and represent an athlete. So in order for Carter to venture on with his sports management endeavor, he had to sell his stake in the Nets. Carter, who relocated the Brooklyn Nets to his hometown borough from neighboring New Jersey this season, is married to mega entertainer Beyonce Knowles-Carter. The dynamic duo have a beautiful daughter, Blue Ivy. See full article here

By Alicia Cruz Associated Content I know many of us have been called for jury duty and it can sometimes be a serious inconvenience, but once you're selected to sit on a trial, you're expected to take that duty seriously. A man in Oregon learned that lesson the hard way. A WCTI TV12 news article reported that the juror was jailed after the sitting judge noticed a "glow" reflecting the man's chest as the jurors were supposed to be watching a video, reported TV station KGW in Portland. The judge cleared the courtroom and excused all jurors except the cell phone user juror. His contemptuous conduct earned him two days in jail and while he admitted there was no excuse for his behavior, he said he felt his jail sentence was, "harsh." When a person's life or freedom lies in your hands and requires your undivided attention, you don't text or do anything else that diminishes your ability to fairly and accurately judge evidence. I say the punishment fit t...