Misdemeanor

Rapper Killer Mike went from winning three Grammys and proudly waving his trophies on stage to being escorted out in handcuffs.Shortly after triumphing at the 66th Grammy Awards on Sunday (February 4), winning best rap performance, rap song, and rap album, the rapper, whose real name is Michael Santiago Render, was arrested in connection with a physical altercation at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, where the ceremony took place, the police said.In a post on social media, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD)…

Tiffany Haddish has been charged for driving under the influence after she was arrested for a second time for falling asleep behind the wheel of a car, which wasn’t moving but was blocking a roadway in Beverly Hills. According to court records, Los Angeles prosecutors on Tuesday charged the comedian with two misdemeanors. Her arraignment is set for Dec. 22. Haddish was arrested on Nov. 24 after the Beverly Hills Police Department responded to a call about a woman who was slumped over the wheel of…

On July 25, 2021, Pedro Huertas, an American doctor trying to cross from Canada into the U.S. at the Highgate Springs border crossing in Vermont, told a border guard he was bringing one $2,000 stone statue with him.  He was lying. A search of his vehicle revealed nine bubble-wrapped packages of various sizes, one of them long and thin, others small, according to a criminal complaint filed in U.S. court. When border guards asked Huertas what was inside, he and his wife would not respond to their questions.Three of the…

WASHINGTON —  President Biden’s son Hunter has been charged with failing to pay federal income tax and illegally possessing a weapon and has reached an agreement with the Justice Department, according to letter filed in U.S. District Court in Delaware.As part of the agreement, made public Tuesday, Hunter Biden will plead guilty to misdemeanor tax offenses and is expected to reach an agreement with prosecutors on the felony charge of illegally possessing a firearm as a drug user. It is somewhat unusual to resolve a…

U.S. prosecutors are dropping felony fraud charges they brought against a former chief executive of ice cream maker Blue Bell Creameries LP in the wake of a 2015 listeria outbreak that led to three deaths.   As part of a settlement reached Wednesday, Paul Kruse, Blue Bell’s CEO from 2004 until 2017, will plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge over food safety violations. He will pay a $100,000 fine and avoid jail time, according to a plea agreement filed in…

Grammy-winning rapper Cardi B resolved a yearslong criminal case stemming from a pair of brawls at New York City strip clubs by pleading guilty Thursday in a deal that requires her to perform 15 days of community service. The 29-year-old “WAP” singer agreed to a conditional discharge just as her case was about to go to trial, saying in a statement: “Part of growing up and maturing is being accountable for your actions.” Cardi B, a New York City native whose real name is Belcalis Almanzar, pleaded…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School has released a new report finding that Harris County, Texas's targeted misdemeanor bail reforms are improving public safety and keeping low-level cases out of jail. …