
Comedian Katt Williams has been jailed in Georgia on charges of burglary and criminal trespassing. A deputy at the jail in Coweta County, southwest of Atlanta, confirmed Williams was being held there and that a magistrate was expected to set bond at an arraignment Monday afternoon. The deputy did not have access to a police report to provide more details. Williams’ real name is Micah Williams. He’s known for his appearances on BET and HBO, including an HBO special, “Katt Williams: Pimp Chronicles Part 1,” which was shot in Atlanta. He also had roles in the movies “Friday After Next” and “Norbit.” It was unclear Monday morning if Williams had an attorney.

The parents of a Spelman student killed by a stray bullet on the campus of Clark Atlanta University are filing a wrongful death lawsuit against the institution.
19-year-old Jasmine Lynn was killed September 3 leaving her friend’s dormitory after shots were fired during a fight.
Lynn’s mother Constance Franklin blames the University’s poor security for her loss and denounced the school saying, “
“The most basic duty that a school has is to keep students safe. Despite numerous instances of violent crimes being committed against students on CAU’s campus, CAU failed to provide adequate security. If they had simply done this, my child would be alive today.”
21-year-old Devonni Benton is in police custody for the fight on multiple charges including Jasmine Lynn’s murder.
The University has yet to comment.
A 4-year-old boy covered in bruises was found unconscious in his Brooklyn home on Friday and died at the hospital, sources said. Jayden Lenescar’s mother, Myrna Chen Phang, summoned authorities to their Crown Heights apartment with a 2:30 p.m. call to 911, police said. “They took the boy out on a stretcher,” said a neighbor, Anna Gilliam, 49. “His mother was hollering, ‘Lord, no, don’t let my baby die! Don’t let nothing happen to him!’” Emergency workers put an oxygen mask on Jayden and were performing CPR as they rushed him to the ambulance, Gilliam said. Jayden was taken to Kings County Hospital and was pronounced dead, police said. Read the rest of this entry »