Nigerian Teenager Arrested In New York After Killing Brother And Battering Mother To Coma

18 years old Nigerian boy Charles Okonkwo Jr residing in Dix Hill, New York who reportedly has a history of psychiatric problems killed his 15-year-old brother and brutally beat his mother a respected physician -into a coma over the weekend.

Charles Okonkwo Jr., has been charged with assault on his mother, Chinwe Okonkwo, 52, Saturday in Dix Hill, New York, but does not yet face charges on the death of Bradley Okonkwo.

Mrs Okonkwo, a Brooklyn doctor, has received the Congressional Leadership Award and runs Hope Outreach Foundation, a nonprofit organization that promote public health in Brooklyn and across the world.

Baptist Missionary Accused of Killing Wife on Valentines Day To Be With A Younger Woman

Baptist missionary Nathan Leuthold is accused of killing his wife, Denise Leuthold of Peoria, Illinois on Valentines Day last year.

The wife was found dead in the couple's home of a gunshot wound to the head, and at first, it was thought to be the work of a home invader.

But cops felt something wasn't right -- especially the fact that Denise was shot with the same type of gun that Nathan owned, which was now missing. And also, Nathan was allegedly having an affair with the 20-year-old girl the couple had sponsored to come to the U.S.

Apollo Nida Says Marriage to Real Housewives of Atlanta Phaedra Parks As Good As Over

Apollo Nida has revealed his marriage to Real Housewives of Atlanta star Phaedra Parks is as good as over, admitting he was angry at her for missing his court appearances.

The 35-year-old opened up about the perilous state of their relationship in an interview on Atlanta's BE100 Radio on Friday, saying: 'She didn't even turn up for the f****** sentencing.'

Apollo was sentenced to eight years in jail for federal bank fraud and identity theft and says he was so 'sad and disappointed in himself' for letting down his sons, Ayden, three, and Dylan, 14 months that he shed tears.

Father Brutally Beats Up The Man He Found Molesting His 11-Year Old Son Before Calling 911

A Florida dad has beaten an 18-year old boy he found performing a sex act on his 11-year old son to a pulp and then calls 911 to send an ambulance, because he really needs one.

The man told the 911 dispatcher that he had beaten Raymond Frolander (pictured), who he found abusing his son at their Florida home, into a 'bloody puddle'. He added: 'He stood up and his pants were around his ankles and nothing else needed to be said. I did whatever I got a right to do except I didn't kill him.'

Apollo Nida To Pay Almost $2 Million in Restitution for Check Fraud And Money Laundering

When Apollo and Phaedra Parks were showing off their lavish lifestyle on The Real Housewives of Atlanta reality show, we all thought she was so lucky.

I wonder if she is regretting those expenses now? Some say she is considering divorce [read].

Apollo Nida was convicted of stealing close to $2.3 million in a bank fraud & identity theft ring, and sentenced to 8 years in prison. According to court documents he’ll also have to pay $1.9 million of the stolen funds as restitution.

TMZ reports that Apollo has to pay back several business and state governments which he stole from, including:

Mom Arrested For Letting Her 9-Year-Old Daughter Play in the Park On Her Own?

For those who think they can parent their children in the way they themselves grew up, things have changed in 2014 America. In this case, I think some people have watched too many SVUs and CSIs, and will panic at the littlest thing when it comes to children.

Many commentators are against the arrest of Debra Lynn Harrell, who was charged on Monday after she left her 9-year-old daughter to play in a park while she was at work.

But is 9 years too young to be left alone at home or in a busy park? The news called the little girl neglected, and authorities said the mother has abandoned her child. I think they are exagerrating.

Should this be a crime? What do you think? Below is the whole gist of the matter...

Man Who Sends Fake Threats of Boko Haram Attacks Using Text Messages Arrested In Abuja

Who has not received one of these messages? I know I have, and continue to receive them on my BBM too from contacts who feel they are being helpful.

The State Security Services (SSS) operatives in Abuja have arrested a man who specializes in sending out text messages threatening attack by Boko Haram terrorists thereby creating panic in the populace. 

The DefenceHQ reports that the suspect is still undergoing further interrogation preparatory to prosecution.

Meanwhile, the suspect, Ugwu Lawrence who was tracked by security operatives after dispatching text messages of impending bombings of some hotels in Abuja confessed that he employed the gimmick because the management of one of the organisation failed to offer him employment.

19-Year-Old Ex-Marine Charged in The Murder of Young Single Mom After She Disappered in June

A 19-year-old ex-marine has been arrested and charged with murdering a young mother from New York, whose body was discovered dumped in a wooded area near her home one week after her disappearance last month.

Dante Taylor was arrested in Florida and faces second-degree murder charged for reportedly killing Sarah Goode, 21, who was a single mom with a 4-year-old daughter named Jocelyn.

And, adding yet another horrible level of crazy to this story, Taylor was arrested because cops suspect he committed a different heinous crime.

6-Year-Old Boy Who Died Saving His Sister From Rapist Gets Justice as Killer Faces Life in Prison

A man who killed a 6-year-old boy who was trying to stop him from raping his 12-year-old sister has been found guilty and faces life in prison. 

Rivera, who may have been high on a drug called "wet," broke into a Camden, New Jersey home in 2012 and attacked 12-year-old Amber Andujar as she slept on the family couch.

Amber, her two sisters, one of them 14, and 6-year-old Dominick were home alone in their house as their mother recovered from surgery in the hospital.

Rivera, who was a neighbor and had played with the kids in the past, broke into the home and attacked Amber. Hearing her screams, little Dominick ran out and tried to defend his sister.

Recovering Tracy Morgan Sues Walmart Over Deadly Car Crash in New Jersey

Popular Comedian Tracy Morgan who recently recovered from coma after a car crash - read here - is suing retail giant Walmart following the incident.

Walmart truck driver Kevin Roper is accused of falling asleep at the wheel and causing a multi-vehicle accident when he slammed into the back of Morgan’s limousine in New Jersey, killing Morgan’s colleague James ‘Jimmy Mack’ McNair and hospitalising several others.

The lawsuit, filed in New Jersey on Thursday, alleges the company should have known Roper had been awake for more than 24 hours and that his drive from Georgia, where he lives, to work in Delaware was “unreasonable”.

The suit reads,

How Psycho Daughter Slept And Ate Next To Her Mother's Corpse For 3 Years

A 28-year-old Brooklyn woman, Chava Stirn, had been sleeping next to her mother's corpse for three years according to a report by the New York Post.

It was terrifying enough when police found the skeletal remains in a woman's New York City apartment and learned that they belonged to the tenant's mother.

In a twist straight out of a Alfred Hitchcock movie, the daughter had propped up the remains of her mother, 61-year-old Susie Rosenthal, at the dinner table and dressed her up.

Stirn would reportedly also set up Rosenthal's bones on a bed of trash bags in the kitchen, and would pull a chair near the remains to sleep at night.

Girl Plays Dead to Survive After Aunt's Ex-Husband Shoots Her Parents and Siblings To Death

An abusive husband, Ron Lee Haskell, looking for his ex-wife, tied up and murdered the ex-wife’s sister, her husband and four of their five children because they wouldn't reveal where his ex-wife was.

Their oldest daughter was shot and wounded but played dead - the only way she was able to survive the mass murder of her family by her former uncle.

Ron Lee Haskell had forced himself into his former sister-in-law’s house while looking for his ex-wife Melanie Haskell - she was not there. He then tied up everyone in the family and asked them to tell him where she was. When they couldn’t or wouldn’t answer, he shot all of them to death. Or so he thought.

9-Year-Old Girl Kidnapped at 6 Confronts Her Traffickers After She is Rescued by Police

Her real name is Iyabo but she was renamed Blessing after she was abducted at the age of 6, and spent the last 3 years of her life trafficked from one woman in Lagos to another who sold her along for profit.

According to the Lagos State Police Command who rescued her, Iyabo had been sold to different people and made to work as a maid. She was on her way to school when a woman wearing a pudah (burquah) took her away in her car.

She told reporters that she did domestic work in the various “homes” and each time she complained to people that she had been abducted, they beat her. The last woman threatened to poison her.

#JusticeForJada - Support Grows After 16-Year-Old Speaks Out on Rape Photo Meme #JadaPose

A 16-year-old Texas girl's photo of when she was drugged and raped became a social media meme #jadapose, and now friends and supporters are asking for #JusticeForJada

Jada appeared on KHOU 11 News and though minor sexual assault victims are not typically named, she gave them permission to identify her first name and broadcast her face so as to share her story and help raise awareness to stop rape. She said,

"There's no point in hiding. Because of the picture everybody has already seen my face and body. But that's not what I am or who I am."

This is certainly not who she is, she is a brave and strong young lady and we #standwithjada to stop rape and rape culture that thinks that rape is funny.

Watch Jada's interview below...

Woman Suffocates Her 11-Month-Old-Son Then Posts His Pictures On Facebook [Photo]

A New York woman, Nicole “Nikki” Kelly, has been arrested and charged with second degree murder after police authorities say she smothered her 11-month-old son, pictured above, before posting pictures of his dead body on Facebook. 

According to officials, she had killed the boy by putting a sheet over his face as she tucked him into bed. Kelly watched the tot struggle to breathe before callously leaving him alone to die. When she came back a half-hour later, she found him blue and unresponsive.

When the boy’s father, Kiam ­Felix Sr., arrived at the family’s Elmhurst home several hours later, he rushed the boy to Elmhurst Hospital.

Queens DA Richard Brown said that Kelly, when cops asked why she did it, allegedly said, “I reached my breaking point, I didn’t want him anymore.”

Phaedra Parks' Husband, Apollo Nida, Sentenced to 8 Years in Prison, Should She Divorce Him?

Phaedra Parks' husband, Apollo Nida, has been sentenced to eight years in Federal prison for bank fraud on Tuesday, July 8. According to the Atlanta Journal Constitution, the Real Housewives of Atlanta star could have been given anywhere between 8 to 10years behind bars.

Apollo Nida had pleaded guilty in May to conspiracy to commit mail, wire, and bank fraud. The Real Housewives of Atlanta cast member - Apollo appeared on the show with his wife - was accused of cashing stolen checks, laundering more than $2.3 million through phony bank accounts and ID theft.

Phaedra Parks has yet to comment on her husband's sentence. The couple married in 2009, and she is said to not know about her husband's shady business dealings.

African American Woman Arrested After She Abandons Baby Girl on a New York Subway Platform

New York City Police have found and arrested an African American woman who was seen abandoning a baby girl on a subway platform they told NY Daily News.

Witnesses saw the African-American woman, believed to be in her 20s or 30s, pushing a stroller out of a northbound 1 train at Columbus Circle at about 11:50am.

The woman then darted back on the train just before the doors shut, leaving the approximately 7-month-old baby girl on her own. Surveillance footage released by the NYPD shows the woman entering the subway with the baby in the stroller earlier in the day.

Man Who Stabbed Self To Death After Fiance Called It Quits Had Attempted Suicide Before

Oluwatosin Otaiku who stabbed himself to death last Saturday after his fiancee called it quits with him, has attempted suicide in the past after being jilted by his undergraduate love.

33-year-old Otaiku, an orphan and a University graduate, stabbed himself to death in Ogun State after a mediation meeting organised by neighbours failed to get his estranged fiancee, Oluwatoyin Olaogun, to come back to him failed to achieve that aim.

Apparently, the deceased had attended the meeting with a knife in his pocket. He then stabbed himself on realising that Oluwatoyin would not change her mind.

Child Bride Who Killed Her Husband Charged With Culpable Homicide Punishable By Death

In a suit slated for hearing on August 4 at Kano State High Court, the Kano State Government has charged 14-year-old bride, Wasila Tasiu who alledgely killed her husband and three other persons in their home with culpable homicide punishable by death.

Back in April, Wasila, who had been forcefully married to her now dead husband, poisened him and the three other people that died also ate from the food she prepared when they came visiting the couple. After her arrest, she admitted her guilt and said she felt the only way she could be free was to poison him.

With her plea for mercy, admission of guilt, and apology to the family of those concerned, coupled with her age, I was hoping that Wasila would get a lesser charge that does not involve the death penalty.

Considering that her husband had practically been raping a minor for the period of their marriage, the prosecution should be more lenient. I'll be keeping an eye on the case. Hopefully the defense lawyers for Wasila are able to do a good job for her.

Four Women Arrested For Secretly Selling 9 Year Old Girl For N650,000 After Abducting Her From Home

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested four women for allegedly abducting and selling a nine-year-old girl, identified simply as Blessing, for N650,000. The women are Fausat Ogidan, Abibat Oresanya, Bola Obajuruwa and Idiyat Abass. Our correspondent gathered that the women were apprehended on Sunday, June 6, after a tip-off.

The state Commissionerof Police, Umar Manko, had directed the command’s Special Anti-RobberySquad, led by SP Abba Kyari, to go after the child sellers’ syndicate. Ogidan, who was with the nine-year-old girl, and collected the sum on behalf of others, was arrested in the Gbagada area of Lagos. Our correspondent gathered that the 51-year-old woman, who is married with four children, had arranged to sell the girl and on that Sunday.