Mateen Cleaves’ video surfaces.  Blog King, Mass Appeal DETROIT – Last week, former NBA player Mateen Cleaves eluded up to 15 years of incarceration after he was acquitted of 4 counts of rape. But surveillance footage may indicate otherwise. A newly released video shows Cleaves grappling a young white woman twice against her will at a cheap Knights Inn motel ...

Convicted felon punches lawyer.  Blog King, Mass Appeal PHOENIX — Lamont Payne, a convicted felon, received an extended prison sentence after he sucker-punched his legal practitioner in court. The smite transpired in front of the judge and jurors in Phoenix, Arizona. It was also captured on video. According to court docs, Attorney Vladimir Gagic — a public defender — was ...

Deputies shot dead, suspect has a past. Blog King, Mass Appeal KANSAS CITY, Kan — The big headline over the weekend was emanated from Kansas City, Kansas where Sheriff Deputies Theresa King and Patrick Rohrer were fatally shot while transporting an inmate back to the county jail. The deadly ordeal went down Friday morning around 11:30 am at the Wyandotte ...

KCK men get ‘Hard 25’ for robberies. Mass Appeal Wire Reports KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Cecil Meggerson and Dyron King, both recently convicted in a string of armed robberies in addition to the shooting of Wyandotte County Sheriff’s Deputy Scott Wood in March 2015, received what we in the hood call the “Hard 25” on Thursday which equates to life ...

Ottawa man faces death sentence. Mass Appeal Wire Reports OTTAWA — Kyle Flack’s days on earth could be numbered. On Thursday, a Kansas jury recommended the death penalty for Flack who was recently convicted of capital murder in the brutal deaths of Kaylie Bailey, 21, and her 18-month-old daughter Lana. Flack, 30, was also convicted of premeditated first-degree murder for ...