Police Raids Over Jolie-Pitt Baby Shower

Posted Jun 29th 2006 3:45PM by TMZ Staff

TMZ has learned the FBI and Massachusetts authorities raided a Westfield, Mass. home Tuesday night and seized photos of a baby shower held by Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt.

It's a bizarre story that starts in Namibia, where the shower was thrown. James Haven, Jolie's brother, took a number of pictures in Namibia. When he returned to L.A., his camera broke so he took it to Best Buy where the camera was purchased, and asked them to fix it under the warranty. Best Buy sent the camera to Precision Camera and Video Repair in Enfield, Connecticut.

Sources tell TMZ that two employees at Precision, Bill Keyes and Adam Beckwith, discovered the pictures in the digital camera. We're told that Keyes told authorities that Beckwith downloaded the photos.

Keyes mother, Madelon, told TMZ that her 36-year-old son was excited, showed her the pictures and sent an email to someone in California. Sources say the email may have been an attempt to sell the photos. Madelon Keyes told TMZ, "I don't think he would do something like that."

A sergeant from the Westfield Police Department confirmed with TMZ that authorities searched Keyes' home and seized his computer. The sergeant also said a search warrant was executed at Precision Camera and Video Repair and the actual camera that took the pictures was also seized.

The sergeant said neither Keyes nor Beckwith were arrested and that the case is in the hands of the LA County District Attorney. The sergeant says neither man violated Massachusetts law, but California laws are different.

Danielle Friedland of Celebrity Baby Blog tells TMZ that she received an email last week with sample photos attached, "to see what these photos may be worth." One of the of the images was on her blog. After some consideration, however, Danielle removed the images, believing the photos may have been illegally obtained.

The Los Angeles County District Attorney had no comment because the investigation is ongoing and no charges have been filed.

We could not reach Bill Keyes or Adam Beckwith for comment.

John Malinosky, President of Precision Camera and Video Repair said he was unaware of the search and "We have absolutely no knowledge of this."

TMZ placed a call to Lavely & Singer, Pitt and Jolie's lawyers, but it was not returned.

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451. I agree with Sarah, if it was one of your children you would make the same fuss. Irregardless of weather or not they had already made plenty of money on their pictures or not somebody who did not have authorization to have their pictures had them and they wanted them back. Sure the FBI is involved, big deal. They get involved in a lot of petty things that you never hear about, but they are still working on the big things. Some of you people need to grow up. Put yourself in their position...oh wait you are too busy being critical to do that. And as for how much money they donated to certain things....how much did you donate? Or are you all just a bunch of complainers who didn't donate anything you just want to gripe about something? Grow up people!

Posted at 6:48PM on Jul 2nd 2006 by Joy

452. THis board draws some of the most negativity producing people

Posted at 8:24PM on Jul 2nd 2006 by Leslie

453. hey,..........haven't u heard 911 is a joke? EVERYTHING is all about the money honey

Posted at 12:52AM on Jul 3rd 2006 by indiasadie

454. ok yeah more than one state so its fbi, i can kinda understand that but er uhm, nobody else in their right mind would have gone to such measures/ probably would have had to choke that one up being that we'd have more real and serious issues to deal with and if we would have gone so far as to get authorities involved i think they would have laughed at an average joe, all i can say is that its 2 different realities, us and them ruled by one government

Posted at 1:05AM on Jul 3rd 2006 by indiasadie

455. I 'AM SO GLAD THAT I FOUND THESE WEB SITE THAT I SEE OTHER PEOPLE THEN ME ARE SAYING HOW SICK IN THE HEAD THAT JOLIE & PITT ARE. EVERY TIME I SAY SOMETHING BAD ABOUT THEM, PEOPLE START CALLING ME ALL KIND OF NAMES. AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO DONA FOR YOU COMMENT. I COULD NOT HAVE SAID IT BETTER.....

Posted at 3:43AM on Jul 3rd 2006 by LINDA

456. GO ADAM!!!! GOOD JOB BUDDY.

Posted at 11:11AM on Jul 3rd 2006 by Theresa Fran and Jeremy

457. Thank GOD every day that you are in America. You are able to ask for help, and most likely to get it...like get Social Security, in Florida-Medicaid, free breakfast and lunch for underpriviledged children, low cost housing, and other social service programs. Have opportunities to apply for any available jobs, like Wal-Mart. " Around the corner" is a hospital, police department, fire department, a Publix supermarket, etc... moreover, we have a government that "cares" about its' people, especially, child and women welfare. I believe these are the main reasons people are more sympathetic and willing to "reach out" to people of foreign countries.

Posted at 12:39PM on Jul 3rd 2006 by sue hayes

458. It's been said so many times here that it's the FBI's job to investigate this...and the reason why it's done with such speed and time is exactly because of who Brad and Angie. They are celebs and people are willing to pay big bucks for their private pictures. Nobody cares about the "average Joe"...if your pictures got stolen, who cares? If you left your memory card in the camera, no one would care to even steal them because it's worthless. Put it on the internet, and no one would pay or even give a damn! But these people are Brad and Angie. It's their personal pictures, put on the internet for the ENTIRE world to view and bid over. I am so thrilled that the FBI are that good to catch those greedy people, willing to invade other's privacy for $. Thank God I live in America, and thank God I have rights to protect myself. Thank God for people like Brad and Angie who are willing to do so much more with their star status besides drinking and partying.

Posted at 2:49PM on Jul 3rd 2006 by Gwen

459. This is truly the biggest waste of american tax dollars, I have seen in awhile aside from the haleburten deal, but whos counting this country is great for lining the pockets of the wealthy and taxing the crap out of the working man. It's pathetic that these people made their millions in the united states but are donating to other countries not that I don't feel for them but I believe we need to help our own first, look at the hundreds of thousands of little ones in the foster systems of this country, and the working poor who are doing all they can just to feed their families, why not help those. But noooo we americans are not good enough for these people, well go live in Nambia. Let them pay for tickets and watch your movies, ohhh that's right they don't have any money to do that..... I can tell you I have lost all interest in Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie and I refuse to watch anything that they make for movies and if more of us americans did that maybe it would make a point and they would open their eyes to how much influence the working man has on their pockets.

Posted at 3:56PM on Jul 3rd 2006 by Lynne

460. The thing that these a**holes seem to forget is that they're just pictures. Their severe sense of righteous self importance is a pain in the ass, especially Brad's new found love of all things philanthropic. They both need to go the f*ck away. They're nothing but PR c*ck teasers.

Posted at 12:03AM on Jul 4th 2006 by Candace

461. Interesting, and certainly not the sort of treatment you or I could expect to receive.

Posted at 1:00AM on Jul 4th 2006 by OiOi

462. If you want to learn more about what the FBI does check out:

http://www.fbi.gov/aboutus.htm

Though I couldn't find anything to match this.

Here is the CT field office web site...run by two sensitive women I guess so let's cut them some slack!

http://newhaven.fbi.gov/

Posted at 2:14PM on Jul 4th 2006 by Jeffsters

463. As a former BestBuy employee, I have this comment to make:
Enfield Precision Camera is the contractor that is supposed to fix camera equipment under warranty for BestBuy. Not only do they do an extremely poor job (they often send back unrepaired equipment claiming that it was fixed-in some cases they simply lose the equipment often with photographed material in it!) but what happened to Jolie-Pitt is symptomatic for what is happening in general over there. These people violate BestBuy's policies and people's privacy in general!
I think they should be sued and even investigated by the FBI regarding their operation.

Posted at 2:37PM on Jul 4th 2006 by Former BestBuy employee

464. BRANGELINA ARE ANNOYING AND POMPOES. THEY ARE MORE CAUGHT UP IN THIER IMAGE THAN ANYONE ELSE COULD BE. I SERIOUSLY KNOW NO ONE WHO IS A FAN OF THIERS.
THE FBI SHOULD INVESTIGATE THEM.
(SORRY ABOUT THE CAPS MY COMPUTER IS ON THE BLINK)

Posted at 3:46PM on Jul 4th 2006 by Sarah

465. I wonder what would happen, how would the negative people feel

** if their camera had broken and they took it to be repaired and found that the pictures of their kids ended up on a kiddie porn site.

** if they had taken a computer to be fixed and their financial information on their computer was *lifted* by a tech worker and used to steal their identity?

So many different possibilities. Wonder if the negative people would be showing their ugly side here if it weren't Angelina and Brad?

Hmmmmm

Posted at 12:20PM on Jul 5th 2006 by Belinda

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