Rapper Sean Kingston gets 3.5 year prison sentence for $1 million fraud scheme

Rapper Sean Kingston gets 3.5 year prison sentence for  million fraud scheme

Rapper Sean Kingston was sentenced on Friday to three and a half years in prison after being convicted of a $1 million fraud scheme in South Florida. Kingston, whose legal name is Kisean Paul Anderson, and his mother, Janice Eleanor Turner, were each convicted by a federal jury in March of conspiracy to commit wire … Read more

NASA intern stole $21M of Lunar to use during sex to have ‘sex on the moon’

NASA intern stole M of Lunar to use during sex to have ‘sex on the moon’

He promised her the Moon — and meant it. More than 23 years ago, NASA intern Thad Roberts hatched a daring plan to steal 17 pounds of moon rocks and a meteorite from Houston’s Johnson Space Center — priceless samples from every Apollo mission, locked in a 600-pound safe and valued at $21 million, according … Read more

How to watch new HBO true crime doc ‘The Yogurt Shop Murders’: Time, release schedule

How to watch new HBO true crime doc ‘The Yogurt Shop Murders’: Time, release schedule

New York Post may be compensated and/or receive an affiliate commission if you click or buy through our links. Featured pricing is subject to change. A new documentary series shedding new light on a still-unsolved 1991 quadruple homicide is heading to HBO and HBO Max. “The Yogurt Shop Murders,” which will air over four weeks … Read more

Exclusive | Jennifer Love Hewitt narrates new true crime doc ‘A Killer Among Friends’: ‘I’m very intrigued by trauma’

Exclusive | Jennifer Love Hewitt narrates new true crime doc ‘A Killer Among Friends’: ‘I’m very intrigued by trauma’

From fictional scream queen to true crime.  Jennifer Love Hewitt has become one of the iconic “final girls” in horror movies, thanks to her role in the “I Know What You Did Last Summer” franchise. And now, she’s sharing the stories of true murders.   Hewitt, 46, narrates and executive produces the true crime ID docuseries … Read more

Even hotel booking websites are now pleading for tips just for reserving a room: ‘This is organized crime’

Even hotel booking websites are now pleading for tips just for reserving a room: ‘This is organized crime’

Tipping culture has seemingly seeped into nearly every aspect of modern life, with everywhere from automated self-checkout kiosks at retail stores to supermarket lines suddenly stuffing a jar — or the dreaded tablet — in customers’ faces. The most recent to hop on the tipping train? Budget travel sites. Screenshots of third-party hotel booking websites … Read more

Bravo’s Diamond Tankard arrested for attacking woman with rock-filled sock at Walmart

Bravo’s Diamond Tankard arrested for attacking woman with rock-filled sock at Walmart

A former Bravo reality TV star allegedly attacked a customer at a Tennessee Walmart with a sock filled with rocks — then stole the woman’s iPhone and Louis Vuitton handbag. Diamond Tankard, 21, approached the victim from behind in the self-checkout lane as she allegedly grabbed the woman’s hair at a Walmart in Antioch — … Read more

Here’s how to watch Judge Judy’s new true crime courtroom drama for free

Here’s how to watch Judge Judy’s new true crime courtroom drama for free

New York Post may be compensated and/or receive an affiliate commission if you click or buy through our links. Featured pricing is subject to change. Court is back in session. Judge Judy Sheindlin is returning to Prime Video with a new series that tackles true crime; all eight episodes of “Justice on Trial” are now … Read more

Exclusive | Celeb and fashion photographer, nabbed in high-profile pot bust, gets new life post-Rikers — as owner of cannabis dispensary

Exclusive | Celeb and fashion photographer, nabbed in high-profile pot bust, gets new life post-Rikers — as owner of cannabis dispensary

She’s the Tzar of New York cannabis. This isn’t the first time Jennifer Tzar has been covered by The Post. A decade ago, the “high” fashion photographer was nabbed in Soho for marijuana possession and sent to notorious Rikers Island. It was, as The Post crowed, “rotten ‘pot’ luck.” A New York Post page from … Read more

Thieves using discarded airline bag tags for fraud scheme, apparent airport worker claims

Thieves using discarded airline bag tags for fraud scheme, apparent airport worker claims

A Reddit user claiming to be an airline employee is warning travelers about the possibility of being scammed when it comes to their printed bag tags. Posted in the “r/delta” forum on Reddit, the message is titled, “Toss your bag tags at home.” The Reddit user claimed to be a “baggage claims manager.” The individual … Read more

Serial killer-inspired baby names are trending — revealing how culture can ‘creep into our minds,’ experts say

Serial killer-inspired baby names are trending — revealing how culture can ‘creep into our minds,’ experts say

Expecting parents are taking a stab at it — quite literally. Villains, crooks and knife-wielding nuts. Although they’re bad guys of society, their first names are becoming bloody good options for moms and dads-to-be, per a nightmarish new report.  Baby names inspired by true crime icons, such as accused con artist Anna Delvey and mass murderer Ted Bundy, … Read more

Former Pink Floyd member Roger Waters faces possible prosecution after supporting banned Palestine Action

Former Pink Floyd member Roger Waters faces possible prosecution after supporting banned Palestine Action

Former Pink Floyd songwriter Roger Waters could face prosecution after declaring his support for Palestine Action, a terrorist organization that has been banned by Parliament in the UK. Waters posted a video to X on Saturday, in which the Rock ‘N Roll Hall of Fame inductee praised Palestine Action as a “great organization,” while also giving … Read more

Chris Brown pleads not guilty to charge that he beat, injured music producer in London nightclub

Chris Brown pleads not guilty to charge that he beat, injured music producer in London nightclub

Grammy-winning singer Chris Brown pleaded not guilty Friday to a charge that he beat and seriously injured a music producer with a bottle in a London nightclub in 2023. Brown, 36, pleaded not guilty to one count of causing grievous bodily harm with intent in Southwark Crown Court. Chris Brown appears at Southwark Crown Court in London, … Read more

Exclusive | Kevin Williamson reveals how his dad’s sordid past inspired new crime drama ‘The Waterfront’: ‘He paid the price’

Exclusive | Kevin Williamson reveals how his dad’s sordid past inspired new crime drama ‘The Waterfront’: ‘He paid the price’

He’s back to his roots.  Kevin Williamson, who first rose to fame creating “Dawson’s Creek,” is heading back to a waterside small town community with his new Netflix drama, “The Waterfront.”  “It was sort of loosely inspired by my own family and my dad – and growing up in the ‘80s as the son of … Read more

Ryan Murphy’s JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bessette first look is a crime — according to critics

Ryan Murphy’s JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bessette first look is a crime — according to critics

Ryan Murphy has his work cut out for him. The “American Horror Story” creator, 59, took to Instagram over the weekend to share a first look at the actors portraying John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy in his upcoming “American Love Story” anthology series. “Here are some stills from our LOVE STORY camera test,” … Read more

‘Modern Family’ star Ariel Winter goes undercover as 12-year-old for ‘scary’ sting operation

‘Modern Family’ star Ariel Winter goes undercover as 12-year-old for ‘scary’ sting operation

“Modern Family” star Ariel Winter opened up about her harrowing experience posing as a preteen girl to help catch a child sexual predator.  The 27-year-old actress, who played Alex Dunphy on the hit sitcom “Modern Family” from 2009 to 2020, joined forces with the nonprofit Safe from Online Sex Abuse (SOSA) for an undercover sting operation … Read more

Exclusive | ‘Adolescence’ creator Stephen Graham reveals the ‘ultimate’ goal of the hit crime series

Exclusive | ‘Adolescence’ creator Stephen Graham reveals the ‘ultimate’ goal of the hit crime series

Stephen Graham, who co-created, co-wrote and stars in the critically acclaimed Netflix series “Adolescence,” hopes that the show sparks conversations at home. “When me and Jack (co-creator, Jack Thorne) started talking about this and writing and creating it, we wanted there to be conversations between parents and children,” he told The Post exclusively at the … Read more

True crime expert Ana Garcia on the ‘one thing’ that has always bothered her about Lyle and Erik Menendez

True crime expert Ana Garcia on the ‘one thing’ that has always bothered her about Lyle and Erik Menendez

Ana Garcia has some discovery of her own. After deep diving into the case of Lyle and Erik Menendez, who were sentenced to life without parole for the 1989 murder of their parents, Kitty and José Menendez, the “True Crime News” podcast host is bringing a piece of evidence that doesn’t sit right with her … Read more

‘King of the Hill’ actor Jonathan Joss’ husband says star’s killing was homophobic hate crime after ‘years’ of harassment

‘King of the Hill’ actor Jonathan Joss’ husband says star’s killing was homophobic hate crime after ‘years’ of harassment

The husband of “King of the Hill” star actor Jonathan Joss alleged that the voice actor was murdered by a homophobic neighbor after enduring “years” of violent threats on their street. Tristan Kern de Gonzales said in a Monday Facebook post that he and Joss had stopped by the site of their Texas home – … Read more

What time does true crime docuseries ‘The Mortician’ release on HBO and Max?

What time does true crime docuseries ‘The Mortician’ release on HBO and Max?

New York Post may be compensated and/or receive an affiliate commission if you click or buy through our links. Featured pricing is subject to change. HBO is between big Sunday night shows, with “The Last of Us” Season 2 in the rearview and “The Gilded Age” Season 3 still a few weeks away; in between … Read more

8 ‘grandpa robbers’ found guilty of kidnapping Kim Kardashian, pulling elaborate $9M heist

8 ‘grandpa robbers’ found guilty of kidnapping Kim Kardashian, pulling elaborate M heist

Eight French “grandpa robbers” have been found guilty of the 2016 kidnapping and robbery of Kim Kardashian in Paris. A panel of three judges and six jurors in the Paris courtroom handed down guilty verdicts to all but two of the 10 defendants, nine men and one woman, NBC reported. They were accused of an elaborate … Read more