By Panarat Thepgumpanat and Chayut Setboonsarng BANGKOK (Reuters) -Courts in Thailand handed jail terms on Monday to an activist musician who set fire to a portrait of the king and to an opposition lawmaker for insulting the monarchy, their lawyers said. Another monarchy-reform activist – who had gone on a partial hunger strike after being […]
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Can you ID men who beat, rob Dayton street musician?
Apr. 24—A 74-year-old street musician was struck and knocked to the ground last week near Day Air Ballpark in downtown Dayton by three suspects who fled with his tip bucket and musical instruments. Dayton police were dispatched after 9:30 p.m. April 17 to the intersection of East Monument Avenue and North Patterson Boulevard on a […]
Austin musician arrested for killing his parents in McClennan County
MCCLENNAN COUNTY, Texas – An Austin musician is facing capital murder charges after deputies say he killed his parents. Dillon Bridgers mug shot (McClennan County Sheriff’s Office) On Wednesday, 30-year-old Dillon Bridgers was booked into the McClennan County jail. Bridgers is accused of shooting his mother and stepfather inside a home in West, a town […]
MS judge sentences actress & musician to prison for her crimes. She wanted probation
“You are in the movie business?” Judge Larry Bourgeois quipped from the bench to the woman who stood before him to plead guilty to felony charges. “You are stealing cars and coming to Mississippi to sell stolen cars, and you are in the movie business,” the judge said. “Come on!” Brandy Ann Crow told the […]
MS judge sentences actress & musician to prison for her crimes. She wanted probation
“You are in the movie business?” Judge Larry Bourgeois quipped from the bench to the woman who stood before him to plead guilty to felony charges. “You are stealing cars and coming to Mississippi to sell stolen cars, and you are in the movie business,” the judge said. “Come on!” Brandy Ann Crow told the […]
Nyle Hallman, musician and co-founder of Honolulu Boy Choir, dies at age 95
Feb. 25—With the help of her daughter, Hallman continued working until the age of 92. Nyle Hallman—multi-instrumentalist, organist emeritus of Central Union Church, and co-founder with her husband, Roy Hallman, of the Honolulu Boy Choir—died Feb. 14 at The Queen’s Medical Center. She was 95. “Mom and I lived together, we worked together after she […]
Country musician Chris Young charged with disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, assaulting an officer in Nashville bar
Country music star Chris Young was arrested Monday night on charges including assault of an officer in a run-in with law enforcement at a bar in Nashville, Tennessee, according to court documents and jail information. Young was also charged with resisting arrest and disorderly conduct, according to Nashville police and Davidson County sheriff’s records and […]
Ex-rock musician arrested after human remains found in search for his missing girlfriend
A former rock musician has been arrested on a first-degree murder charge in the death of his missing girlfriend after human remains were found in a wooded area in California, police said. Theobald “Theo” Lengyel, 54, was taken into custody Tuesday in connection with the homicide of his girlfriend Alice “Alyx” Kamakaokalani Herrmann, 61, who […]
Ex-Rock Musician Arrested In Killing Of Missing Girlfriend After Human Remains Found
A former rock musician was arrested Tuesday in connection with the death of his missing girlfriend after human remains were found in a Northern California park, authorities said. Ex-musician Theobald “Theo” Lengyel, 54, was arrested in connection to the homicide of Alice “Alix” Kamakaokalani Herrmann, authorities announced Tuesday, after the unidentified remains were discovered in […]
Les McCann, innovative jazz musician best known for Compared To What, dies at 88
Les McCann, a prolific and influential musician and recording artist who helped found the soul-jazz genre and became a favourite source for sampling by Dr Dre, A Tribe Called Quest and hundreds of other hip-hop performers, has died aged 88. McCann died on Friday in Los Angeles, a week after being admitted to hospital with […]
Ex-rock musician ‘primary person of interest’ in possible homicide of girlfriend
(KRON) — A Capitola woman is still missing more than three weeks after her disappearance, the Capitola Police Department reported Wednesday. Her boyfriend has been identified as the “primary person of interest,” and police say he is not cooperating with the case. Alice “Alyx” Kamakaokalani Herrmann, 61, was last seen in Santa Cruz on Dec. 3. […]