Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. Charged with Harassment

The boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. has been charged with felony counts of coercion, robbery, grand larceny, misdemeanor battery, and three counts of harassment after an incident with his child’s mother in Las Vegas. The woman, named Josie Harris, claims that Mayweather beat her, threatened to kill her, and stole her cell phone during an incident that happened on September 9th. If Mayweather is convicted of all charges, he could face 28 years imprisoned.

O.J. Simpson Sentenced to Serve Prison Time

O.J. Simpson was sentenced to serve at least 15 years in prison for a armed robbery at a hotel in Las Vegas. The judge said that the sentence had nothing to do with his 1994 acquittal in the murder of his ex-wife and her male friend. Simpson was taken away to prison after the judge refused to allow him to go free on bail while he appeals the sentence.

Man Gets Prison Time for Robbing Actress Kirsten Dunst's Hotel

A man named Jarrod Beinerman has been sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison for burglarizing the actress Kirsten Dunst's New York City hotel penthouse suite. He was arrested in August 2007 on burglary and larceny charges after a security camera captured his movements in Manhattan's SoHo Grand Hotel. He pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of attempted burglary. An iPod, wallets, and purses were stolen from Dunst's hotel suite. Beinerman has also been ordered to receive drug treatment for his drug addiction and he faces sentencing on September 10th on a drug charge.

Couple Catches Burglar and Makes Him Clean Their Home

In Montgomery, Al a couple named Adrian and Tiffany McKinnon came home to find a thief had broken in and had taken almost everything they owned. Adrian sent his wife her sister’s house while he inspected the house. When he walked back into their sunroom, the thief walked in from the back door straight into him. Adrian held the man at gunpoint and made him clean up the mess that he had made, which was piles of stuff that was thrown out of the drawers and cabinets to the floor, until the police arrived. When the police arrived the thief complained about being made to clean up at gunpoint.

The thief is being charged with burglary and theft. He is being held at the Montgomery County Detention Facility on a $30,000 bond.

Man Finds Burglar Sleeping In His Bed

In Elkton, MD, a man came home to his apartment last week at 8 a.m. in the morning and found a burglar sleeping in his bed. The burglar didn’t wake up until the police came and handcuffed him while he was sleeping. The burglar, named Mark William, jammed a chair against the back door so that nobody would come in before he went to sleep. He is being charged with burglary, theft, malicious destruction of property, and possession of crack cocaine that police found in his pocket.

Man Accused of Stealing False Teeth

In Yorktown, IN that a man named, Robert Henry Stahl, was accused of taking another man’s, Billie Towsend’s, false teeth from his mouth during a fight. Billie told the police that he went to a bar to pay Robert the money he owed him but Robert asked him to go outside and then started punching him. Robert put Henry in a headlock and took out his false teeth and told him that he wasn’t going to give them back.
Robert Stahl has been charged this past Thursday in a Delaware Circuit Court with felony robbery and battery causing bodily injury. He could face between two to eight years in prison

Burglar Says TV Taught Him How to Rob

In Richmond, KY a man, named Michael Hobbs, says that he learned how to rob homes by watching television. He says he learned how to break in to homes by watching the Discovery Channel show “It Takes a Thief.” The show is about two ex-convicts who show property owners how easy it is to rob a home. Hobbs was sentenced to 12 years in prison and pleaded guilty to five counts of burglary.

Murder Victim's Father Chokes Killer in Courtroom

It is reported in Steubenville, OH that the father of a murder victim dived across the defense table and tried to choke his son’s killer in the courtroom.

A man by the name of Antonio Clifford had pleaded guilty to aggravated murder, aggravated robbery, and tampering with evidence in the shooting death of Joshua Ryan Sweat that took place in 2006. Joshua Sweat tried to buy drugs behind a bar when he was robbed and shot once in the back of the head and died later at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

Before sentencing on Monday, August 6th, the judge allowed Sweat’s relatives to stand and read statements. The father approached Clifford and told him that he wanted to show him a picture. He then attacked Clifford and screamed obscenities at him while the police wrestled the father to the ground. The father will not be charged with anything. Clifford was sentenced to 33 years to life in prison and prosecutors chose not to give him the death penalty since he pleaded guilty.