All posts containing the tag: "FBI"
Posted Dec 3rd 2009 5:45PM by TMZ Staff
Erin Andrews' alleged stalker may have another creepy Internet alias -- Breastboy -- which he allegedly used to upload Peeping Tom videos on the Web for all to see.
The FBI served search warrants on Yahoo and Google yesterday, asking the Internet giants to turn over every bit of information about a Flickr.com account associated with the perverted username "Breastboy."
The Breastboy account was allegedly accessed by someone with the equally perverted Yahoo username "Handsfouryou" -- which Feds think is suspect Michael David Barrett.
One of the major items the FBI wants Yahoo to turn over: a 42-second video entitled "Hot Blonde Out of Shower" uploaded on June 28, 2009 -- which appeared to be shot through the same type of hotel room peephole Erin fell victim to.
In the docs, it says the video was viewed 2,956 times ... and "49 people called this video a favorite."
The FBI wants the video -- along with "all messages, sent messages, deleted messages and messages maintained in trash and other folders" connected to Barrett's alleged accounts.
Barrett has already pled not guilty to interstate stalking.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Erin Andrews
Tags: breast boy, BreastBoy, erin andrews, ErinAndrews, fbi, Micheal david barrett, MichealDavidBarrett, peeping tom, PeepingTom, voyeurism
Posted Oct 23rd 2009 1:37PM by TMZ Staff
Some of the most violent, drug-dealing gang members have been rounded up in a lightning-fast raid yesterday in an operation named after one of Sublime's most famous songs.
Operation "40 Ounces to Freedom" went down in L.A. in which 47 members of the Rollin' 40s street gang were taken into custody by LAPD officers and FBI agents. The gang reportedly deals crack cocaine in 40-ounce increments ... the band wrote the song about boozin' in 40 ounce increments.
No word on whether officials are considering using the name "Operation Smoke Two Joints" anytime soon.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Music
Tags: 40 ounces to freedom, 40OuncesToFreedom, fbi, lapd, sublime
Posted Oct 7th 2009 4:15PM by TMZ Staff
We just spoke with the guy who triggered the murder-for-hire investigation into Anna Nicole Smith -- and he says she repeatedly asked him to kill the son of her late husband, J. Howard Marshall II.
Mark "Hollywood" Hatten, Anna's ex-BF, says a drug-addled Smith was continually "begging with me to kill E. Pierce Marshall" claiming after her husband died, Pierce was "standing in the way of her money."
Hatten says he told Pierce's lawyer about the alleged plot. Mark claims he was then interviewed by the FBI twice about the matter while he was in jail for an unrelated crime.
TMZ sources confirm that when Anna and Howard K. Stern met with the FBI, an agent told them Hatten was the one who made the claim. We're also told the agent didn't believe Hatten's story.
Ultimately, the FBI determined there was "insufficient evidence to establish that there was a murder-for-hire plot."
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Anna Nicole Smith, Exclusives
Tags: anna nicole smith, AnnaNicoleSmith, e. pierce marshall, E.PierceMarshall, FBI, howard k. stern, HowardK.Stern, j. howard marshall, J.HowardMarshall, mark hollywood hatten, MarkHollywoodHatten, murder, murder plot, MurderPlot
Posted Oct 7th 2009 9:00AM by TMZ Staff
Anna Nicole Smith was investigated by the FBI over a possible plot to kill the son of J. Howard Marshall II -- the 89-year-old oil tycoon she married when she was 26, this according to newly released documents.
The investigation took place between 2000 - 2001 -- after J. Howard's death -- when his son, E. Pierce Marshall, was trying to keep Anna Nicole from getting a chunk of his father's wealth ... valued in the hundreds of millions.
According to FBI documents obtained by the Associated Press, authorities confiscated a couple of weapons from Anna's home during the investigation -- including a .357 revolver and a 3.5 inch stainless steel knife.
On July 3, 2000, Smith was questioned by the FBI, but according to the docs Anna, "began crying and denied ever making such plans."
Feds ultimately decided there was "insufficient evidence to establish that there was a murder-for-hire plot by Ms. Smith to kill Pierce Marshall."
Pierce died in 2006 from an infection.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Anna Nicole Smith
Tags: anna nicole smith, AnnaNicoleSmith, e. pierce marshall, E.PierceMarshall, fbi, investigation, j. howard marshall, J.HowardMarshall, murder
Posted Jun 9th 2009 2:18AM by TMZ Staff
David Carradine's family reached out to the FBI to assist police in Thailand with his death investigation -- but it doesn't look like the agency is gonna be able to make much of an impact.
Thai police Maj. Gen. Amnuay Nimmano told reporters, "If the FBI wants to get involved, we will do our best to cooperate..." and added it would have to be in an observer role as mandated by Thai law, the Huffington Post is reporting.
As of right now most of the evidence points to David's death as an a result of accidental asphyxiation -- especially since there's no evidence someone else was in the room at the time -- but the family isn't buying it.
A second autopsy is set to be performed in a few days.
Filed under: David Carradine
Tags: asphyxiation, auto erotic, AutoErotic, david carradine, DavidCarradine, death, fbi
Posted Jun 6th 2009 3:03PM by TMZ Staff
Thailand cops are saying there is no evidence that anyone was in the hotel room at the time of David Carradine's death.
Police say they reviewed surveillance footage outside Carradine's room and interviewed all of the hotel's staff. The officer leading the investigation said they have all but ruled out the possibility of foul play.
Police are now interviewing members of the film crew that were working with Carradine in Bangkok.
UPDATE: TMZ just confirmed the FBI has been contacted by the Carradine family. We're told the agency is now taking the required legal steps to see if Thai police want or need FBI assistance with the case.
Filed under: David Carradine
Tags: cops, david carradine, DavidCarradine, death, fbi, hanging, hotel room, HotelRoom, investigation, kill bill, kill bill 2, KillBill, KillBill2, kung fu, KungFu, police, thailand
Posted Jun 6th 2009 8:00AM by TMZ Staff
The suspicious circumstances revolving around the death of David Carradine are being asked to be investigated by the FBI by the late actor's family.
David's family wants the FBI to step in, in part because of reports of how the actor was found in his hotel room. The family hopes that with the FBI aiding Thailand police with their investigation, more concrete answers surrounding his cause of death may be located.
Although at first ruled as a suicide, additional evidence may suggest an alternative explanation. According to David's manager, the actor was found with his hands tied behind his back.
As of now, Thai cops have not been contacted by the FBI.
Filed under: David Carradine
Tags: bangkok, david carradine, DavidCarradine, death, fbi, hanging, investigation, kill bill, kill bill 2, KillBill, KillBill2, kung fu, KungFu, police, suspicion, thailand
Posted Sep 17th 2007 3:31PM by TMZ Staff
TMZ has learned that reports of an FBI investigation into a plot to kill Kevin Ferderline are completely untrue -- however, an LAPD investigation was conducted in the past.
According to LAPD, the department opened an investigation into a threat on Federline's life nearly two months ago, but the case was closed due to insufficient evidence.
TMZ also spoke with the L.A. spokesperson for the FBI, who blasted reports claiming that the the FBI ever confirmed anything about a K-Fed investigation saying, "The information on the Internet on these reports is not accurate. It did not come from the FBI at all."
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Britney Spears
Tags: death threat, DeathThreat, fbi, federline, lapd
