Florida Sentinel Bulletin

Memphitz Wright, the husband of Toya Carter Wright of BET’s “Toya: A Family Affair“, was taken into custody Monday after Atlanta airport security discovered a handgun in his backpack. The producer is charged with carrying a weapon in an unauthorized location and is in Georgia’s  Clayton County jail. His bond has not yet been set. […]

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Tampa native, Khia was arrested on Saturday in Dekalb County, Georgia. The rapper was charged with concealing / endangering property secured interest. She was later released on a $500 bond. Unfortunately, getting arrested is nothing new for Khia.  Her mugshot collection is extensive, rivaled only by DMX. In the past, Khia has been arrested under the […]

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After nearly a year behind bars, legendary Houston rapper, Scarface has been released from jail, according to reports. Face, a founding member of the Southern rap group Geto Boys, has been in jail since last October when he was arrested for failure to pay back child support. The rapper, born Brad Jordan, was accused by […]

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Foxy Brown’s brother Gavin Marchand, 36, is headed to prison after pleading guilty to a credit card scheme in which he and three associates attempted to use a forged credit card to buy nearly $8,000 of merchandise from a Hermes store on Madison Ave. in New York last year. The foursome led cops on a […]

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CHILMARK, Mass. — President Barack Obama said Monday that Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi’s “rule is over” although elements of his regime continue to resist rebels who have taken control of much of the capital. He appealed to Gadhafi to prevent further bloodshed, and urged opposition forces to build a democratic government through “peaceful, inclusive and […]

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WASHINGTON — A 5.9 magnitude earthquake centered in Virginia forced evacuations of all the monuments on the National Mall in Washington and rattled nerves from Georgia to Martha’s Vineyard, the Massachusetts island where President Barack Obama is vacationing. No injuries were immediately reported. The U.S. Geological Survey said the earthquake was half a mile deep […]

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Some were locals who’ve watched for years as the memorial to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. took shape on the National Mall. Some were tourists who happened to be in Washington the day it opened. All felt honored as they gazed at a towering granite sculpture of the civil rights leader. […]

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BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor On Tuesday, September 6th, at 2 p.m., a retired employee will appear before the Hillsborough County School Board. The purpose of his appearance is to respond to Level III of the grievance he filed prior to his retirement. Henry Ballard, Jr., said his on-going battle began in March […]

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LOS ANGELES, CA — On a September night in 2009, 24-year-old Mitrice Richardson vanished shortly after being released from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s department. “Nothing about that evening makes sense to me,” Latice Sutton said of her daughter’s disappearance. Mitrice showed up at a seaside restaurant acting so strangely, the staff had to call […]

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