In Wake Of Recent Ad Blitz, Man Seeks Restraining Order Against AT&T
Calling the company “psycho” and “totally obsessed with me,” Burbank resident Carl Thomas has taken media giant AT&T to court in search of a restraining order. His filing includes stacks of promotional mailers sent to both his home address and P.O. Box, a door tag that advertised a day where AT&T representatives would be […]
Houses For Sale Burn In Latest Malibu Wildfire
In a posh neighborhood already hurting from the ongoing nationwide mortgage meltdown, residents who couldn’t sell their homes now look forward to claiming insurance money for them after fires fueled by the Santa Ana winds destroyed them this weekend.
“Our house was on the market for 18 months,” laments Hollywood producer Carl Mercer, “and we were […]
High School Football Coaches Accused Of ‘Giving A Blow’ To Underage Players
Gerald Hawkins, third-year head coach of the Sturgood Knights High School football team, and assistant coach Barry Kell, came under suspicion of performing sex acts upon a minor after police obtained video of the team’s last game. The tape, shot from the Knights’ sideline, shows Hawkins on three separate occasions point to a player on […]
Beloved Black Preacher Asked To Death By Madman
It was a gruesome scene outside of Chicago’s Holy Divinity Church last Saturday night: the Rev. Cornell Green lay dead after a seemingly senseless attack. The beloved preacher had just finished a sermon on unity when he exited the building and a madman came out of the shadows who bombarded him with a series of […]
Big Brother’s Weekly Visit Not Enough To Leave Lasting Positive Impact On Inner City Teen’s Life
Fourteen-year-old Emilio Cortez’s father is in prison, his mother is addicted to drugs, and he lives in a rundown section of Los Angeles several miles from the University of Southern California. When Indiana native Carey Smith signed on to be his Big Brother six months ago, hopes were high—now, with Cortez under suspicion for car […]
Serial Killer Doesn’t Have a Middle Name
Kenneth Briggs is on trial for a two-week killing spree in late 2005 that covered four states that left six people dead. After intense media coverage, legal tap-dancing, and exhaustive psychological profiling, the only fact that has pretty much everyone mystified is why doesn’t Briggs have a middle name?
Criminal profiler Chad Coates explains: “Mr. […]