Breaking News Jon Schaffer — the founder of heavy metal group Iced Earth — is now in federal custody, and as it turns out, he was one of the more hardcore rioters who raided the Capitol … according to the FBI, anyway. The feds say Schaffer turned himself in Sunday in Indiana, where he faces
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Play video content Exclusive 1/9/21 This is a story of life and death — two 911 calls a day apart to help a man with a mental disability, two different officers respond, and in the first case the man lives and in the second he’s shot dead. Patrick Warren — the unarmed Black man who
A Virginia man got busted trying to breach a D.C. checkpoint with a stash of ammo and a couple of guns … this just a few days before Joe Biden’s inauguration. Wesley Allen Beeler was arrested Friday night after coming across a checkpoint in downtown D.C., where Metro PD officers stopped and questioned him. According
Breaking News The guy most everyone (infamously) remembers as the bare-chested insurrectionist with animal horns and face paint who stormed into the Capitol is now in federal custody. Jacob Chansley — more commonly known as Jake Angeli, per prosecutors — was arrested Saturday in Phoenix on charges of knowingly entering/remaining in any restricted building or
Breaking News YFN Lucci is a wanted man in Atlanta — because cops suspect he’s involved in the shooting death of a man. Atlanta PD’s homicide unit tells us they’re looking to bring in 29-year-old Rayshawn Bennett — Lucci’s real name — on multiple charges … including felony murder, aggravated assault, participation in criminal street
Taylor Swift‘s sexual assault lawsuit — in which she only demanded $1 for punishment, and won — became a talking point in the highest court in the land … and it could actually help a guy keep his case alive. T-Swift was name-dropped Tuesday during oral arguments on a Supreme Court freedom of speech case
The guy who was wearing animal fur and parading around with a policeman’s shield inside the Capitol building during last week’s riot is the son of a prominent judge in Brooklyn … who now has to watch his boy go through the criminal justice system. 34-year-old Aaron Mostofsky was arrested Tuesday and brought before a
7:43 AM PT — Law enforcement sources tell TMZ, arrests are expected as early as today. Somebody etched the word “TRUMP” into the back of a manatee … and now, the feds are looking for the culprit. Word of the manatee spread this week after a video surfaced showing the creature swimming in the waters
Play video content The Oregonian/YouTube Shots of Capitol police officers letting pro-Trump rioters easily pass their line and facilitate the storming of the Capitol appears to be a practice that’s been in place from sea to shining sea since at least December … because something similar happened in Oregon. Republican State Representative Mike Nearman was
Play video content Aaron Copeland/YouTube The insurrectionists at the Capitol were out to harm and possibly kill Vice President Mike Pence and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and the video that has just surfaced makes this all pretty much undeniable. New video has surfaced from Wednesday’s attempted coup, and in one clip you hear a loud,
Play video content Exclusive 10/3/20 TMZ.com Miya Ponsetto‘s October DUI (the second such arrest in 4 months) was filmed by bystanders … and yes, it’s about as wild as we’ve come to expect, ending with this rant to cops: “There are gang members killing people right now and you’re arresting a girl?” TMZ has obtained
Miya Ponsetto — aka SoHo ‘Karen’ — isn’t going to court kicking and screaming the way she allegedly has when getting arrested … this time cops made sure it wouldn’t happen, with the help of a couple restraints. Here’s Miya being led out of an NYC police precinct in lower Manhattan Saturday by a couple
Breaking News Hatchet buried?! Myles Garrett and Mason Rudolph shared a handshake and exchanged pleasantries in a post-game moment Sunday — something no one expected to happen roughly 13 months after the infamous helmet attack incident! Remember, it was in Nov. 2019 that Garrett swung a helmet at Rudolph’s head during a nationally televised Browns
Play video content Mitt Romney endured a mighty long 4-hour plane ride to our nation’s capital, because he was basically flying Air Trump — a loud group of Trump supporters calling him a “traitor” to his face. The Utah’s GOP Senator got on a flight Tuesday headed for D.C., where he was confronted by backers
Breaking News If Jake Paul wants to run his mouth and call his older brother a “fake fighter” … Logan has a simple solution — “Let’s box!!!” Remember, Jake recently gave his thoughts to TMZ Sports about Logan’s upcoming exhibition against Floyd Mayweather … saying “It’s bad for the sport. I think it’s just for
The Nashville bomber, Anthony Warner, was just as out there as people might’ve suspected — because authorities now say he sent letters full of kooky ideas days before detonating. Warner sent a number of letters and videos to friends and acquaintances all over the country on Dec. 23 — two days before his RV exploded
Breaking News Serena Williams‘ husband is clapping back HARD at a billionaire who criticized the tennis legend … with Alexis Ohanian calling the guy a straight-up “racist/sexist clown.” Here’s the backstory … Ion Tiriac — the super-rich ex-tennis star who’s the director of the Madrid Open — went on a Romanian television show recently and
Play video content Breaking News Fox 6 The white police officer who shot Jacob Blake — an unarmed Black man — at point-blank range seven times won’t be criminally charged … and neither will any of the other cops involved. Kenosha County District Attorney Michael D. Graveley announced his decision Tuesday, saying Kenosha PD officer
Donald Trump Jr. thinks it’s “insane” the opening prayer for the new Congress ended with an “amen” AND an “awoman” — but he’s blaming the apparent case of wokeness gone too far on Democrats, in general. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver raised some eyebrows by ending his invocation Sunday for the 117th Congress with the gender-inclusive phrasing.
Exclusive Details Bobby Shmurda‘s 2021 is off to a good start, because the incarcerated rapper could get sprung early — as soon as next month — if he can stay out of trouble. The Department of Corrections just updated the Miami rapper’s conditional release date to February 23, 2021 … which is about 10 months
Eminem already apologized to Rihanna for an old leaked diss by saying sorry on his new track, “Zeus” … but he’s going the extra mile to show just how sorry he is. Shady opened up about the leaked snippet of “Things Get Worse” during a SiriusXM interview Monday, saying he doesn’t have any recollection of
As if Nashville hasn’t had enough chaos descend upon it lately, here’s two doofuses causing even more of a panic by jumping off a hotel rooftop bar to ring in the new year. This wild incident went down Friday at the Grand Hyatt in downtown — not too far from where Anthony Warner blew himself
Exclusive Miya Ponsetto is doing a really bad job at laying low in her hometown, because she’s been out and about … and not without controversy. The 22-year-old — who falsely accused Keyon Harrold’s teenage son of stealing her phone — has surfaced in her SoCal neighborhood, where on Sunday … her mother called the
Exclusive The woman who attacked a black teen after falsely accusing him of stealing her iPhone seems to have issues with disturbances in hotels because she was arrested for one back in February. Play video content @keyonharrold / Instagram Miya Ponsetto is now in the crosshairs of authorities for her antics in an NYC hotel,
Snoop Dogg is finally speaking out after being dissed by Eminem on a new song — this after Snoop kinda dissed Shady himself — and it sounds like a good old-fashioned hip-hop beef is cookin’. The Doggfather left a telling comment on an Eminem fan page’s IG post, which laid out clips of Marshall recently
Exclusive The men responsible for Ahmaud Arbery‘s death have a litany of requests for their murder trial — notably, they don’t want the word “victim” uttered in court while referring to him. Defense attorneys for Travis and Greg McMichael — the father and son who chased Ahmaud down with their truck and then proceeded to
Exclusive 12:44 PM PT — The person of interest whom cops and feds are raiding right now had a very similar looking RV parked on his property as recently as last year. Check out what we found on Google Maps … a shot of the guy’s home in Antioch, TN — just a stone’s throw
WWE Star Shad Gaspard‘s widow claims the Venice Beach lifeguards on duty the day her husband died left him to fend for himself … and she wants L.A. and California to pay for her loss. Siliana Gaspard filed a wrongful death suit … alleging the lifeguards weren’t up to snuff in protecting Shad from drowning,
The OG Aunt Viv is pissed … this time she’s taking aim at Lori Loughlin, claiming Hollywood’s about to reward her — after a super light prison sentence — simply because Lori’s white. “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” star Janet Hubert‘s been railing against Lori ever since the actress got out of federal prison on Monday
Exclusive Kylie Jenner says she’s getting harassed by a man who allegedly keeps sneaking into her neighborhood looking for her … so, a judge is granting her a protective order. Kylie request for a temporary restraining order against a guy named Justin Bergquist was approved Wednesday, and not a day too soon for her because