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Mystikal, real name Michael Tyler, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to third-degree r**e in a 2022 case at his Louisiana home. The victim addressed the court and asked the judge for the maximum sentence, saying Tyler punched her, pulled braids out of her hair, and forcibly assaulted her.

After hearing her statement Tyler told the courtroom, "If I did that to you, I deserve the max sentence." He was originally charged with first-degree r**e, simple robbery, domestic-abuse battery, and false imprisonment before a plea deal reduced the charges. The original charge would have carried an automatic life sentence.

This is not Tyler's first conviction. He served six years for sexually assaulting his hairstylist in 2003 before being released in 2010. In 2017 he faced separate sexual assault and kidnapping charges that were dismissed in 2020 after new evidence emerged.

The victim's courage in addressing the court directly helped secure the maximum sentence the law allowed.

Marlon and LaShonda Moore promised everyday people an 800% return on a $1,400 investment during the pandemic when families were desperate for money. Instead they ran a $30 million pyramid scheme called "Blessings in No Time" that defrauded more than 10,000 people across the country between June 2020 and June 2021.

The Frisco, Texas couple used livestreams to recruit thousands of viewers into a structure called "playing boards" divided into four tiers labeled Fire, Wind, Earth, and Water. New participants had to pay at least $1,400 to move up. The system depended on constant recruitment to keep money flowing to the top.

A jury convicted both Marlon, 39, and LaShonda, 38, in January 2026 on charges of conspiracy, wire fraud, and money laundering. The U.S. Postal Inspection Service, Secret Service, and IRS Criminal Investigation all worked the case.

A federal court sentenced each of them to 40 years in prison. Prosecutors said the scheme relied on unrealistic promises and a recruitment cycle that mainly benefited the couple at the center of it all.

Lartey Solomon spent his days caring for patients as a registered nurse and his free time educating his 20,000 TikTok followers as "Nurse Solomon." On May 31 he was fatally shot in downtown Oakland while walking to his car after leaving a nightclub with a friend.

Shacory Carnell Daniels, 39, has been charged with murder in connection with the shooting which prosecutors say happened during an attempted robbery. Family members said someone approached Solomon and asked for the chain around his neck before shots rang out. Daniels was arrested June 4 and is being held without bail. He has prior felony convictions in three counties.

Solomon was born in Ghana, studied at Merritt College, and earned his nursing degree from Samuel Merritt University. He worked at Alameda Health Care and Kindred Hospital. His family said he was devoted to his daughter and relatives in both countries.

"He will be remembered not for the violence that took him," his family wrote, "but for the compassion he showed every single day."

A Black family in Leesburg, Georgia was celebrating a family reunion and a grandmother's birthday when a white man drove by twice yelling racial slurs trying to provoke them. When he didn't get the reaction he wanted he went home, put on body armor, grabbed an AR-15 style rifle, and came back shooting. There were roughly 20 children and older adults at the gathering.

Jeffrey Tyler Kinzer was arrested and charged with aggravated assault but released the next day on a $5,000 bond. A family member returned fire after seeing Kinzer approach the home. Kinzer was the only person shot. Investigators recovered an AR-style rifle and body armor from the scene.

The family said police treated them like suspects not victims and alleged Kinzer received special treatment because of his ties to the local district attorney. Kinzer's wife, accused by community members of driving during the initial drive-by, has not been charged.

"Why would you attack us simply because our skin is darker than yours?" family member Keishana Wilson said.

Two Detroit sisters are facing serious charges after allegedly attacking a restaurant employee over an incorrect drive-thru order on May 30. One of them, Brianna Long, was nine months pregnant at the time and gave birth four days before her arraignment. Her sister Kierianna Long was charged alongside her.

The pair entered a chicken restaurant on East Warren Avenue, ran behind the counter, and chased the employee through the kitchen throwing pots and pans while threatening to kill her. One of the sisters allegedly threw a pan of hot grease at the employee. The employee attempted to defend herself by throwing a knife but Kierianna allegedly picked it up and stabbed the worker in the stomach. She underwent emergency surgery.

Both sisters were arrested and charged with assault with intent to murder among other charges. Kierianna is being held on a $100,000 bond. Brianna's bond was set at $25,000.

Both sisters pleaded not guilty and are due back in court June 17.

Elon Musk just made history and so did thousands of his workers. SpaceX priced its IPO at $135 a share and when the stock closed at $160.95 on Friday Musk's net worth hit roughly $1.14 trillion making him a trillionaire.

But the bigger story might be what happened to the people who helped build SpaceX from the ground up. About 4,400 employees are expected to become millionaires with 400 of them now worth over $100 million. These aren't venture capitalists. They are welders, technicians, and cafeteria workers who took stock instead of higher salaries for two decades and just cashed in big.

SpaceX made a decision early on to pay every level of its workforce in stock. That decision just changed thousands of lives overnight.

Musk now owns roughly 42% of SpaceX and his stake alone is worth over $640 billion. Only 19 countries on Earth have GDPs over $1 trillion. One man just joined that list.

Julia Baker raised her family right and 2026 is proving it. The Mississippi grandmother is celebrating after all 12 of her grandchildren graduated high school in the same year. The graduates attended schools across multiple states but came together as one family to mark the milestone.

Baker was overwhelmed with emotion seeing all 12 cross the stage. "All of my grands and I'm still here to see it," she said. "Nothing but love." Graduate Andrew Jackson said having the whole family present made the ceremony more meaningful. "All the family is here supporting us. We all love it and we thank everybody for it," he said.

Graduate Dillan Flowers said family support carried him through his toughest moments. Baker praised her grandchildren for their character and discipline.

"They're doing something with their life. They're not taking it for granted and they don't take us for granted," she said. "This is a blessing. Respectful children."

Jonathan Pettigrew was a single father who walked his 7-year-old daughter to and from school every day. He had just gotten his own apartment after winning full custody and was working at a restaurant to build a life for them both. On Monday he was shot and killed on a BX36 bus in the Bronx after asking a teenager to stop yelling on his phone.

An argument broke out after Pettigrew asked the teen to keep it down. The suspect shot him in the abdomen and fled. Pettigrew was rushed to Jacobi Hospital where he was pronounced dead. Surveillance video shows passengers running off the bus including a rider with a baby stroller.

No arrests have been made. The MTA confirmed this is the first homicide on a bus this year. Police have not released images of the gunman.

His daughter doesn't know her father is gone. "I really want justice for my brother," his brother Avery said. "It wasn't right. It shouldn't have gone that far."

Jevon Mallory walked into a back office at a McAlister's Deli in Bridgeton, Missouri on June 8, locked the door, and told his coworker he was going to kill her. Then he grabbed her neck with both hands and strangled her until she went limp. The reason according to investigators was that she had just received a promotion he applied for.

The restaurant's general manager heard the commotion, unlocked the door, and intervened. Mallory stopped and the victim was able to get to her feet and leave. Mallory told investigators he would have killed her had the manager not stepped in.

Mallory was charged with first-degree assault and first-degree burglary. This is not his first strangling offense. He has a prior 2014 conviction for strangling a woman in a bathroom at Meramec Community College and was sentenced to 10 years in that case.

The victim survived. The St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney's Office is handling the charges.

Janay Lesley was a freshman at Spelman College in 2022 when she slid into Lil Baby's DMs asking for financial help. She never heard back. Four years later she crossed the graduation stage with her Bachelor's degree in English and then got the surprise of a lifetime. Lil Baby paid off every dollar of her remaining student loans.

Her mother called her with the news. "My largest loan was exactly $24,074.97," Lesley said in a viral Instagram video. "My mom calls me and says the loans were paid off in full. The loans are paid."

Lesley kept grinding throughout college releasing music and freestyles while advocating for sickle cell disease awareness. She won a $5,000 scholarship from another rapper after dropping a freestyle then dropped another aimed at getting Lil Baby's attention. It worked.

"I DM'd Lil Baby April 8th of 2022. It is 2026. I have got my degree. And here comes Lil Baby to pay off my loans," she said. "Every shot you don't take you miss. So take every shot."