Shamar McCoy says he couldn't escape the spotlight even behind bars ... saying inmates recognized him almost immediately and started asking why he'd been locked up.
The influencer tells TMZ ... he thinks he was he was jailed over something petty and believes the alleged victim in his battery case is using his name for money and clout.
Shamar completely denies doing anything wrong during the alleged November 2024 incident and says he plans to plead not guilty. He insists he had nothing to do with the fight and claims people drag him into situations because of his social media fame.
He claims he didn't know the alleged victim, Quentin McDowell, before that night and insists he'd never been involved in any previous incident with him.
Celina Powellwas arrested Thursday in Miami after police surrounded her bubblegum-pink Lamborghini Urus ... TMZ has learned.
Video obtained by TMZ shows multiple cop cars gathered near a Target in Midtown Miami around 5:40 PM. The footage shows the driver's door opening and Celina stepping out before walking toward the front of the vehicle as officers remain close by.
Celina tells TMZ .... she was arrested for driving with a suspended license. She says she has already racked up 10 tickets or citations for the same offense ... and claims the repeat violations are why officers took her into custody this time instead of simply issuing another citation.
Forget scoring touchdowns ... cops say former NFL receiver Stedman Bailey was caught scoring at a Florida mall arcade.
According to the arrest report from the Pembroke Pines Police Department, Bailey and a woman named Karina Manderson were drinking at Round1 inside Pembroke Lakes Mall before midnight on July 26 ... when cops say the pair started having sex right at the bar.
Police say surveillance footage showed Manderson bent over the bar with Bailey behind her ... and a witness told cops she saw them having intercourse before telling them to knock it off.
"Love After Lockup" stars LaTisha Collier and Keith Collier might be trading places ... but they're going to stick together no matter what.
Keith tells TMZ ... the two are very much a couple -- and he's not going anywhere because LaTisha stood by him when he was behind bars ... and now she might be headed to the slammer.
Important to note -- we caught up with Keith before LaTisha got out of the joint on Thursday while a judge looks over her appeal after she was sentenced to 15 years behind bars for allegedly scamming clients of her financial firm.
A Pennsylvania man accused of raping an underage girl is facing 5,538 criminal charges ... and prosecutors say it may be a record number of charges for one case.
According to court records, 37-year-old Nicholas Allen Spencer was charged with a truckload of mostly felony offenses, including rape, rape threats, statutory sexual assault, aggravated indecent assault without consent, forcible compulsion, threat of forcible compulsion, and on and on. Prosecutors say the alleged victim told police Spencer raped her almost daily for several years until a friend convinced her to report the abuse to authorities.
Almost 4,000 of the charges are FELONIES.
Tami Fees, Clearfield County Deputy District Attorney, tells TMZ ... the eye-popping amount of charges is "probably our largest case ever" in the county and the same likely holds true for the entire state of Pennsylvania.
LaTisha Collier didn't love being locked up ... and she's already back on the streets after filing an appeal in her forgery case, TMZ has learned.
According to Scott County Jail's inmate records, LaTisha was released from prison Wednesday morning ... and she'll be out until a decision's made about her appeal.
As we previously reported, LaTisha was sentenced to 15 years behind bars for allegedly scamming clients of her financial firm.
Elijah Bieniemy told police he needed his guns back because he was a "certified UFC fighter" ... but the MMA promotion says that's news to them.
TMZ Sports reached out to the UFC for clarification -- 'cause ya never know -- after a report surfaced indicating the 27-year-old son of Chiefs OC Eric Bieniemy called cops on July 24 complaining his parents were "withholding" his guns.
According to The Athletic, Elijah said he required access to the weapons to defend himself due to his status as a UFC fighter.
But, not so fast.
The promotion tells us Elijah isn't affiliated with them in any way, and definitely isn't a rostered fighter.
Eric and Mia Bieniemy allegedly refused to give their son, Elijah, access to firearms just days before he was accused of shooting his mother ... with the 27-year-old reportedly calling the cops to complain about the matter.
According to The Athletic, Elijah told police on July 24 his parents were "withholding" his weapons ... explaining he needed to be able to defend himself due to his status as "a certified UFC fighter."
A hospital is usually where people go to avoid the Grim Reaper ... not find him waiting on the roof.
A man named Leon Gillespie -- decked out in a black hooded costume and carrying what appeared to be a long scythe -- took his scare act to new heights June 6 ... climbing atop Ysbyty Glan Clwyd hospital in North Wales.
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Cops and firefighters rushed to the scene ... and Gillespie remained on the roof for roughly 50 minutes -- even making noises at the people on the ground -- until police eventually brought him down. He was charged with causing a nuisance or disturbance on National Health Service property.
Sidney Starr told police the male she went to her hotel room with told her he was an adult … and cops say a rubber fell out of her pocket during her arrest for child molestation ... TMZ has learned.
We obtained the Hapeville Police Department report from Sidney's arrest for sodomy and child molestation ... and police say an "opened condom" fell out of her clothes during a pat-down, and they found another prophylactic in her pocket.
The report notes Sidney was staying at an Embassy Suites in Georgia ... and an employee of the hotel called police to report another person had sexually assaulted a juvenile.
Shamar McCoy's arrest came with an audience ... because a couple of women recognized the reality star almost immediately as cops moved in.
TMZ obtained body cam footage from Shamar's Monday arrest ... and as an officer tells him there's a warrant out for him, Shamar suddenly gets some extra attention from nearby onlookers.
A couple of women recognize him and call out, "Oh my God, Shamar" ... before repeatedly asking why he's getting pulled over.
Shocking testimony in the Lindsay Clancy triple-murder trial ... a forensic toxicologist says she had several medications in her system when she allegedly killed her children and attempted suicide.
Four psychiatric medications were found in Clancy's blood ... two separate antidepressants, a mood stabilizer, and finally, quetiapine -- a drug used to treat schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and major depressive disorder.
The expert, forensic toxicologist Justin Brower, told the court only one of the four prescriptions was at an elevated level ... that being the quetiapine, but it wasn't at a "toxic concentration" or "suicidal concentration," per The Guardian.
The heavily armed gunman who popped up at Trump National Golf Course in California has been federally charged -- and he now faces 10 years in The Big House if convicted.
In a federal criminal complaint, prosecutors charged 38-year-old Jeanine John Taele with possession of an unregistered short-barreled rifle, which is a felony that carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in federal prison.
The feds released a photograph of Taele, who looks stone-faced as he stares into the camera. The feds also released a pic of his rifle and a badge that read "Agent" and "Fugitive Recovery Bail Enforcement."
A man was arrested outside the Trump National Golf Club in California Sunday while allegedly monitoring "security-planning activities" ... just days before Donald Trump was set to headline a fundraiser there.
Jeanine John Taele was allegedly taking pictures and walking the grounds when he was spotted by plainclothes federal agents ... multiple outlets report.
When L.A. County Sheriff's Department deputies arrived, they found a loaded magazine in Taele's pocket. They also found a loaded pistol and more ammo in his car at the golf course parking lot.
Authorities in Florida say a preacher groomed and sexually abused a 14-year-old boy ... allegedly exposing him to HIV.
In a news conference Tuesday, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said they'd arrested pastor Timothy Chaneyfield of St. James United American Free Will Baptist Church after receiving a tip on social media about his alleged abuse.
Judd called Chaneyfield a "pedophile preacher," saying he started talking to the teen on a dating app, and claims Chaneyfield confessed to picking the boy up, bringing him to his house and sexually abusing him on "at least three different occasions."
According to Judd, the pastor is also HIV-positive and had "unprotected sex" with the boy. He says the boy underwent medical treatment to protect from the alleged exposure.
2:05 PMPT -- Maui Police Department tells TMZ ... at one point, Kirill Basin had pulled out a knife -- injuring himself in the process.
He allegedly chucked it into the ocean before the cops arrived. They say a bystander found the alleged knife and turned it over to police.
MPD tells us the whole thing started when Basin was approached about turning his music down ... they say he allegedly threatened the man and his wife, claiming he had a gun and was going to shoot her.
A Hawaiian congressional candidate got hit by a double whammy ... he first got his ass whooped on the beach ... and then he reportedly got arrested for making terroristic threats ... and the brawl is on video.
Kirill Basin, a Democratic candidate running for Congress against incumbent Democrat Jill Tokuda, got into a heated back-and-forth Saturday with a couple at Keawakapu Beach on Maui. The verbal altercation was captured by a witness on dramatic video, along with the ensuing ass-kicking.
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Check it out and bring the popcorn ... the clip starts with Basin talking about putting the other man in the hospital before doing a total 180 and shaking the man's hand.
