Early this morning, neighbors of actor Michael Brea (Step-Up 3D) claimed they heard screaming coming from inside his mother's apartment. "Michael was yelling, 'Repent, repent, sinner, sinner,' over and over again," neighbor Gregory Clare told the Daily News. "He was screaming, 'You never accepted Jesus.' It was real loud." Neighbors quickly called 911, and police eventually found Brea's mother, Yannick, dead of stab wounds allegedly inflicted by Brea with a samurai sword. Brea is currently undergoing psychiatric evaluation, but neighbors are saying police waited almost an hour before entering Brea's apartment, and the wait cost Yannick her life. more ›

Actor Michael Brea is currently undergoing psychiatric evaluation at Kings County Hospital after fatally stabbing his own mother with a samurai sword early this morning in their Prospect Heights apartment. Neighbors say they heard Brea, known for his role in the TV show "Ugly Betty" and as a dancer in the movie "Step Up: 3D," (though he is not listed on IMDB) shouting passages from the Bible around 1:30 a.m. in their building at 501 Park Place in Brooklyn. "I hear the brother chasing her [his mother] through the house and he's just saying a bunch of like [Bible] passages like, 'Repent, Repent, Repent,'" neighbor Gregory Clare told WPIX. "I heard him chasing her through the house and I hear a loud scream and so I have my father call the cops, call 911." more ›

So, you'd think if your spouse attacked you with 3-foot samurai sword, it'd pretty clearly be reasonable grounds for divorce, right? Not according to a family court Judge in Long Island, who ruled that such an attack did not amount to "cruel and inhuman" behavior (because no one was physically injured). more ›

Yesterday morning, reggae artist Major Mackerel was slashed by a neighbor who thought that Mackerel had harassed his wife. And the neighbor, Oliver Joseph, used a 26-inch samurai sword to get his point across. more ›