Arrests

A teacher at a Christian school in Florida has been charged with battery after an alleged incident that sounds like something out of “Matilda.”

Cops say Michael Alvarez put green painter’s tape on a student’s mouth because he allegedly laughed while another student read scripture in class on Monday ... this according to an arrest affidavit obtained by CBS News Miami.

The report says this went down at the First United Methodist Christian School in Homestead, just south of Miami ... where the alleged victim says he was singled out for causing commotion.

JaYy Wick looked totally unconcerned before cops took him into custody and prosecutors charged him with attempted murder ... lounging in a chair and rapping along to one of his new tracks in a TikTok vid.

The clip, posted Monday -- the day before the police caught up with him in Florida -- shows Wick, cap pulled low over his eyes, lip-syncing to his bars playing on the speakers and flipping off the camera in a studio.

A couple of dudes behind him add to the hype ... throwing up their hands as well -- though it's Wick who really commands attention during the vid.

Luigi Mangione turned 28 Wednesday inside a federal lockup as he awaits 2 murder trials ... but he has a lot to celebrate ... at least when it comes to his legal defense fund!

The alleged killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson received a $28,038 donation today from a man named Carl ... putting Luigi at a whopping $1.5 million in overall contributions to his fund.

Carl mentioned in his post about the donation that he also directed funds to "victims in comparable situations." He added it's unfortunate that private support is needed in Luigi's case due to the pile of charges against him. 

JaYy Wick -- an independent rap artist based in Atlanta -- has been arrested after allegedly shooting a man in Florida.

The Bay County Sheriff's Office said Wick -- government name Donald Anderson -- was arrested after they say they received a report of a shooting late at night on Saturday, April 25 ... and found an 18-year-old man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds.

During the course of the investigation, cops say they spoke to the alleged victim ... who identified Wick as the man who shot him.

WNBA star Arike Ogunbowale is in the clear ... the battery charge against the hooper has been dropped, two months after she allegedly socked a security guard in his face at a famed Miami nightclub.

Ogunbowale, 29, was celebrating her team's championship in the Unrivaled 3-on-3 league -- her side gig when she isn't playing for the WNBA's Dallas Wings -- into the early morning hours at E11EVEN in South Beach ... when she was said to be involved in a dispute with other people at the club, prompting security to *attempt* to kick out a group that included the 4x WNBA All-Star.

That's when Arike was accused of hauling off on the guard, punching him in his grill, and causing him to fall to the ground.

The Secret Service agent who allegedly beat his meat in a hotel hallway has been released from jail ... with the moment caught on video by local news reporters.

John Spillman walked out of Miami-Dade jail Tuesday night ... keeping quiet as he walked past reporters and sat on a park bench out front.

As you know ... Spillman was arrested for indecent exposure over the weekend after law enforcement officials claim he masturbated in a hallway at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Miami Airport & Convention Center.

West Wilson's cousin appeared in court Wednesday after being accused of murdering their step-grandmother ... and the hearing quickly shifted focus from bond to concerns about his mental competency.

Dakota Sweeney appeared remotely from jail for a hearing tied to the shocking April killing of his 75-year-old step-grandmother, Gayle R. Wilson, inside a Missouri home. During the proceeding, Sweeney barely interacted with the court at all ... appearing sluggish and largely unresponsive while officials tried multiple times to confirm he could hear what was happening.

At one point, the judge repeatedly asked Sweeney to raise his hand or nod if he could hear the discussion after apparent technical difficulties with the jail connection. While Sweeney ultimately appeared able to hear the court, he still did not verbally respond.

A Washington woman is accused of turning a neighborhood sidewalk into her own personal racetrack ... and a child on a bike nearly paid the price.

The Spokane County Sheriff's Office alleges 56-year-old Wendy Clemente drove her silver Ford Focus up onto a Spokane sidewalk on April 28 and chased a juvenile riding a dirt bike -- coming dangerously close to hitting the child.

Watch the clip above ... the whole thing was caught on cellphone video, and it’s as wild as it sounds.

The director of a prominent Arkansas school has been ordered to spend 30 days in jail for running a fight club for children.

Cops arrested Mary Tracy Morrison -- the owner and director of The Delta Institute for the Developing Brain -- in 2025 ... after video showed a horrific gathering where a child was forced to sit on the floor in a circle of 18 other kids, including Morrison ... according to a KAIT-TV report on the probable cause affidavit.

Morrison told the other children to hit the child in the circle's center with an unknown object, and berated the victim while he was kicked by another student. She then reportedly high-fived that student after the beating.

A tiny dog's nightmare played out in full view of surveillance cameras ... and what Florida deputies say happened next is hard to watch.

According to a Hillsborough County arrest affidavit, obtained by TMZ, 33-year-old Imania Davis was seen carrying a small Maltese -- weighing roughly 5 pounds -- by the scruff of its neck before things turned violent.

You can see the video for yourself ... the woman throws the dog onto the asphalt multiple times before kicking the defenseless pup on the ground.

A Secret Service agent is in police custody in Miami after allegedly being caught with his pants down in public.

John Spillman was arrested for indecent exposure over the weekend ... with law enforcement claiming he was masturbating in a hotel hallway.

Spillman was reportedly in Florida working perimeter security as part of President Trump's visit to Trump National Doral Golf Club for the 2026 PGA Cadillac Championship.

The man accused of trying to kill President Donald Trump just got something unexpected in court -- an apology.

Yeah, you read that right … a federal judge is sticking up for the alleged would-be assassin and blasting jail officials over how he's been treated behind bars.

Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui didn't hold back Monday ... telling the court he was "disturbed" by the conditions faced by Cole Allen -- the 31-year-old accused of trying to infiltrate the White House Correspondents' Dinner to take out Trump and other top officials.

An hours-long standoff finally came to an end early Monday morning when a man wanted for attempted murder of a cop was taken into custody following a SWAT team response ... hours after releasing a hostage from his truck.

Watch the video ... police say the standoff started when the suspect refused to get out of his truck Sunday afternoon ... hours after a traffic stop led to a deputy being clipped by a vehicle very early Sunday morning. And the suspect was holding a woman hostage inside the truck.

A SWAT team later responded, and the standoff lasted almost all night ... and you can see cops were shooting off flash-bangs.

The whole thing began around 3 AM Sunday morning ... a Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputy tried to detain a man during a traffic stop in an area of south L.A. ... that's when the unidentified man took off in his pickup truck and allegedly struck the deputy.

That prompted a warrant for attempted murder ... the deputy sustained minor injuries but was not hospitalized, according to ABC7.

Cole Allen -- the White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting suspect -- has asked a judge to remove the suicide precautions currently in place ... claiming they're a violation of his rights.

Allen's lawyers say that while he was being booked into the D.C. Jail on Monday, members of the Department of Correction intake team didn't note any suicide risk factors.

Despite this, Allen's team claims "suicide precautions" were recommended ... and he was assigned to a "safe cell."

4:38 PM PT -- Chris Brown has responded to reports of the shooting ... and he claims they're total BS. He says he's been home the whole time and never heard a gunshot or a police car. He adds people need to stop attaching his name to the story.

To be clear ... law enforcement sources are emphatic that officers responded to reports of a shooting outside Brown's home Friday. Our sources have not said there is any connection between Brown and the shooting besides its alleged location outside

Shots were fired outside Chris Brown's L.A. home Friday afternoon, TMZ has learned.

Law enforcement sources tell TMZ ... police were called to Chris' house in Tarzana around 4 PM yesterday after a report of a possible shooting outside the property.

According to our sources, a female caller reported that a shooting had just occurred and described the suspect as a Black male, approximately 35 years old, who allegedly fired at her vehicle during the incident.

In dispatch audio obtained by TMZ ... authorities are heard dispatching officers to his Tarzana address and describing what the suspect was wearing at the time of the incident.