Category: Hollywood

Former MTV Reality Show Contestant Charged In 2006 Murder

Baron Colon, who was a 2009 finalist on MTV’s “From G’s to Gents,” was convicted of killing Marcelo Vera, who was found shot to death in his home in January 2006.
 
A former MTV reality show contestant was convicted of a 2006 murder in the Miami area on Tuesday.

Baron Colon, who was a 2009 finalist on MTV’s “From G’s to Gents,” was convicted of killing Marcelo Vera, who was found shot to death in his home in January 2006, the Miami Herald reported. Colon was not arrested until 2011 after confessing the crime in detail to an undercover informant.

The Herald reported that Circuit Judge Marisa Tinkler Mendez would sentence Colon on Sept. 17 and that “by law, the judge must sentence him to life in prison for the conviction on a charge of first-degree murder.”

Stefany Concepcion, who is now serving 15 years in prison, testified that she aided Colon and two others with gaining access into Vera’s house, where the murder took place. Vera was a 44-year-old Cuban exile art dealer, who was also the son of a former high-ranking government official, the Herald reported.

Colon confessed the crime to his childhood friend, Jerry Rios, back in 2011. Rios was secretly recording the conversation for Miami-Dade detectives, according to the Herald.

New ‘DPG 4 Life’ Film Coming Soon  

 
Dillinger was joking about his DPG 4 Life biopic following the Straight Outta Compton wave, prepare to be surprised. The tireless one-half of Tha Dogg Pound has been especially active on social media as of late and he’s been revealing some key components to the biopic. Such as the actors who are set to play Tupac Shakur, Nate Dogg and Suge Knight in full costume. 

  
“F*c what they talking bout…,” Daz captioned in a message to all his recent critics. “Tell that to the ones who’s making a film who wasn’t there…I call ’em bootleggers. I was there…I know what it [supposed] to look like and sound like. Remember I’m still alive and I’m the music producer to ‘Ambitionz [Az A Ridah]” and ‘[I Ain’t] Mad @ Cha,’ so f*cc ya,” he said, adding a “LOL” at the end.

The latter two references were to the O.G. rapper’s contributions to 2Pac’s diamond-selling All Eyez On Me album. In a separate Instagram post, Daz was adamant that DPG 4 Life is not a sequel to Straight Outta Compton.

As for the casting, the actors have since been revealed as DaDa as Tupac Shakur, Azad Arnaud (an apparent relative of Daz, whose real name is Delmar Arnaud) playing Daz Dilli, Reggie Noble (no, not that Reggie Noble) as Suge Knight, Melvin Jackson Jr. as Kurupt Young Gotti, and Curtis Young Jr. taking a page out of the Straight Outta Compton script and portraying his own father, Dr. Dre. Some unnamed “homey” has also been nabbed to play Nate Dogg.

Read More: Hip Hop Wired

TV Judge Joe Brown Sent To Jail For Contempt 

“Judge Joe Brown” aired from 1998 to 2013
 Former TV judge Joe Brown found himself on the other side of the law this week. Brown was booked into jail Thursday, August 28. 

According to William Gupton, the Director of the Shelby County Corrections Center, former judge Joe Brown is booked and in a cell alone in a protected area from other inmates. This is a standard procedure for any inmate who might be threatened by inmates at the facility.

Brown will serve a five-day jail term.
Earlier this week, an appeals court reaffirmed a lower court’s decision to uphold Brown’s jail sentence for contempt of court.

He was charged after he lashed out at a magistrate in the juvenile court back in march of 2014. Brown was helping a woman with a custody case.

Brown claimed the magistrate had neither the legal standing to hear the case nor reprimand him.

You may remember, this happened during his failed attempt to run for Shelby County D.A.