CHICAGO (Reuters) – An Illinois state senator running for former Democratic U.S. Representative Jesse Jackson Jr.’s seat in Congress was released on bond on Thursday, following his arrest for trying to bring a gun onto an airplane. A Cook County judge set bail at $25,000 for Donne Trotter, 62, on the felony charge. Trotter, who […]
Jared Gurman is a fan of AMC’s zombie drama The Walking Dead, but not the type of fan that AMC wants. That’s because Gurman was arrested and charged with attempted murder in Long Island, after reportedly shooting his girlfriend in the back, with a .22 caliber rifle during an extended, heated argument about whether The Walking Dead, […]
A 26-year-old Oklahoma woman who was sentenced to a 12-year prison sentence was released early, KFOR-TV reports. In 2010, Patricia Spottedcrow sold $31 worth of pot to an undercover informant. She was charged with a felony and sentenced to 12 years in prison. It was her first felony conviction. Spottedcrow’s conviction evoked outrage from civil rights activists […]