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Mom Of 10-Year-Old Charged With Assault For Dodgeball Injury Speaks Out As Case Dropped
Chicago Woman Hacks Taraji P. Henson’s Email, Steals Her Identity
A Chicago woman has been arrested and charged with hacking into Taraji P. Henson‘s email account and stealing her identity.
Like they say, it’s always something. 🙁 Another exam- ple of that adage is news about actress Taraji P. Henson who had her email hacked by a Chicago woman who then stole her identity.
Alicia Renee Newby,
26, who is a mother of six, ap- peared before a judge in Leighton Criminal Court and was charged with one count of felony identity theft.
According to her lawyer, Newby, who is reportedly two months pregnant, suffers
Alicia Newby is accused of stealing Taraji P. Henson’s iden- tity and taking up to $12,000 for her.
from bipolar disorder, re- ports Sandra Rose.
Police say she may have also stolen the identities of other members of the Empire TV show cast. She used stolen
personal information to rack up $12,000 worth of mer- chandise from retail stores and online. She had the pur- chases mailed to false ad- dresses in Chicago.
BRYCE LINDLEY AND MOM, CAMEISHI
U. S. Presidential Envoy Sent To Sweden For A$AP Rocky's Trial
Days after officials in Can- ton, Mich., announced that a 10-year-old black boy would be facing aggravated assault for the dodgeball injuries of a white boy — prompting critics to say it was racist — Wayne County prosecutor Kym Worthy has announced that the charges have been dropped.
“This case came to us as a not-in-custody case — that means that there was never an arrest. Efforts were made to resolve this matter before it was sent to us for a charge consideration. The mother of the alleged victim had every right to go to the authorities and the authorities had an ob- ligation to investigate,” Wor- thy said in a statement, according to WXYZ Detroit. “When this case was reviewed by my office, no one paid at- tention to the race of either party. It is categorically wrong to suggest that this was charged based on race or ge- ography.”
The decision to dismiss the case came just hours before defense lawyer and ex-prose- cutor, Maurice Davis of
Davis Law Group, who is rep- resenting 10-year-old Bryce Lindley, planned to hold a press conference defending him. In a statement sent to Yahoo Lifestyle, Davis called for the dismissal of what he calls “outlandish” charges.
“You cannot criminally charge a child for participat- ing in a dodgeball game at a school. If the school intends to hold this child criminally li- able for a dodgeball game, then the prosecutors need to bring charges against all of the teachers and school em- ployees that initiated the game, allowed the children to participate in the game, and supervised them during the game,” he wrote. “These charges are ridiculous.”
Also in the statement was a quote from Bryce’s mother, Cameishi. “My son is not a criminal... If every child that played a game of dodgeball and threw a dodgeball at an- other kid was thrown in jail, the vast majority of our coun- try would be behind bars,” she said. “The only thing my son is guilty of is being a Black boy.”
A$AP Rocky pleaded not guilty to assault as his trial in Sweden opened Tuesday (July 30), a month after a street fight that landed him in jail and became a topic of U. S.-Swedish diplomacy.
Rocky, whose real name is Rakim Mayers, is ac- cused with two others of beating a 19-year-old man in Stockholm on June 30. Pros- ecutors played video footage in court that showed May- ers throwing a young man to the ground.
Wearing sweatpants and a green T-shirt in court, Mayers, 30, pleaded not guilty to an assault charge that carries a maximum penalty of two years in prison. He says he acted in self-defense.
The Grammy-nominated artist’s ongoing detention in Sweden this month prompted U. S. President Donald Trump to person-
Robert C. O'Brien, Special Envoy Ambassador, is pictured out- side the courtroom at the district court in Stockholm.
ally intervene on his behalf. Mayers nevertheless re- mained behind bars, anger- ing Trump.
Swedish news agency TT said Trump sent the U. S. special presidential envoy for hostage affairs to Stockholm to monitor the court pro- ceedings and to show sup- port for Mayers.
Special envoy Robert O’Brien was seen at Stock- holm District Court on Tues- day. Ruth Newman,
spokeswoman for the U. S. Embassy in Stockholm, told TT that O’Brien was in Swe- den “to look after the well- being of American citizens, which is always our top pri- ority.”
A$AP Rocky’s mother, Renee Black, also attended the proceedings. She has said she was convinced her son was not guilty
“This is a nightmare,” she was quoted by Swedish media as saying.
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