Crime & Arrests

Gilbert Arenas is setting the record straight -- insisting he did not snitch on Chauncey Billups and Terry Rozier before their arrests ... saying their situation is on a "whole different level."

Arenas openly trolled Billups and Rozier after the NBA coach and Miami Heat player were busted by the FBI as part of a gambling investigation last week ... but he's adamant his antics were not an admission of a role in the whole scandal.

One example of Arenas' humor was a post on Instagram, where he was spotted carrying an "informant lunch" -- implying he ratted on Billups and Rozier.

10/27 8:30 AM PT -- A YouTube spokesperson tells TMZ ... "We terminated the channel @mrcraftypants for violations of our creator responsibility policy."

A popular YouTuber known as "Mr. Crafty Pants" has been arrested after allegedly possessing and trading disturbing sexual images of children online ... according to reports.

Authorities say Michael David Booth, who has nearly 600,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel, was taken into custody last week after allegedly sharing explicit photos of minors through the social media app Kik, Wave News reported.

According to an arrest report, obtained by the outlet, Booth allegedly had six explicit images, including three showing children under 12, he is accused of sharing more than 15 times at the beginning of August.

Adrian Peterson has been arrested after allegedly driving while under the influence ... TMZ has learned.

According to online records, Peterson was arrested in Sugar Land, Texas around 10 AM local time Sunday. He was booked on one charge of DWI and one charge of unlawful carrying of a weapon.

This is Peterson's second DWI arrest this year after he was popped in Minnesota back in April shortly after the Vikings draft day party when a police officer claimed they saw him going 83 in a 55 MPH zone at just after 3 AM.

Mark Sanchez is grieving the loss of his former teammate Nick Mangold ... sharing a heartfelt post to social media amid his own legal woes.

The former Jets quarterback posted to X hours after news broke that his former center passed away from kidney disease ... writing the world lost a very good football player -- and an even better man.

Sanchez believes his pal will end up in the NFL's Hall of Fame eventually ... but, adds his legacy will be so much larger than that -- 'cause he made a lasting impact on so many others.

Chauncey Billups allegedly scored $50,000 from one of the rigged poker games authorities say he participated in several years ago.

Federal prosecutors wrote in new court documents TMZ Sports has obtained that, back in October 2020, Billups was rewarded with the cash after he helped a group of alleged crooks swindle someone out of loads of dough by cheating during a game of high-stakes cards.

The feds claim the scheme Billups and his co-conspirators cooked up involved advanced technology -- such as tampered-with deck shufflers and X-ray tables -- as well as players subtly working with one another to gang up on their victim.

A woman allegedly held her stepson captive for more than two decades in Connecticut ... and creepy new photos capture the inside of the badly burned residence.

Kimberly Sullivan's house -- where prosecutors allege she kept her 32-year-old stepson, identified only as "S," captive for years -- is a blackened mess after "S" allegedly burned the place down in order to escape.

A half-melted Marilyn Monroe poster sits on a table in one room ... while bare beams are completely exposed ... all the drywall and wallpaper burned away.

The moment Jay Cutler got cuffed after his October 2024 bust for DUI and gun possession is now on full display ... courtesy of newly released police bodycam footage after he allegedly rear-ended a car while drunk.

In the footage, a cop rolls up on Jay in Franklin, Tennessee, at the scene of a fender-bender with another vehicle, with a couple other cops nearby ... the officer ask how much Jay had been drinking after catching a strong whiff of booze. Jay denies at first, then brushes it off with a "little bit" -- but when the cop requests him to do a field sobriety test, Jay flat-out refuses ... resulting in the handcuffs coming out.

Jay didn’t put up a fight -- he let the cops cuff him and walked straight to the squad car. Still, it was a wild twist... considering it all started as a routine crash scene, with officers just telling Jay and the guy he rear-ended to swap info and call their insurance.

10:06 AM PT -- Tiago Splitter is set to be named the interim head coach of the Blazers, according to ESPN's Shams Charania. He joined the team as an assistant coach in June.

9:16 AM PT -- The NBA just announced it's placing Terry Rozier and Chauncey Billups "on immediate leave from their teams" in the wake of Thursday's arrests.

It added it's cooperating with authorities, reviewing indictments and taking the "allegations with the utmost seriousness."

"The integrity of our game remains our top priority," the league stated.

FBI director Kash Patel and other federal officials just shed light on the Thursday arrests of Chauncey Billups, Terry Rozier and Damon Jones ... and the allegations against the trio of NBAers are shocking.

Rozier's case is perhaps the most eyebrow-raising, as New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch claimed that while the hooper was with the Charlotte Hornets in 2023, he illegally helped bettors gain thousands of dollars by letting them know he was going to pull himself from a game early "with a supposed injury."

One of Diddy's close friends is speaking out about the terrifying moment the mogul woke up in prison with a knife pressed to his throat.

Charlucci Finney says the attack went down during one of the nights Diddy was sleeping at MDC Brooklyn -- an incident that first came to light during Diddy's sentencing. Sources familiar with the situation have confirmed its authenticity to us.

Finney told Daily Mail, his friend woke up with the weapon to his neck ... just seconds away from serious harm, or death.

If you're counting Sean "Diddy" Combs out after his conviction, his lawyer Mark Geragos thinks you'll be in for a big surprise.

We caught up with Mark at LAX Wednesday, where he told us ... "I have the utmost confidence in Sean. I think Sean will make a comeback the likes of which people are not expecting."

Diddy is serving a 50-month federal prison sentence for violating the Mann Act. He's already served 13 months, and with credit, he could get out in around 2 years -- but of course, none of that matters if President Donald Trump commutes his sentence.

"Ghost Adventures" star Aaron Goodwin learned his wife was trying to make him a ghost while shooting the show ... and the clip airs on today's episode.

It all went down while the 'GA' squad was filming a lockdown investigation for the show. That's when cops contacted Aaron to inform him his wife, Victoria, had been arrested in connection with an alleged murder-for-hire plot to have him killed.

Watch the video ... Aaron is in the middle of explaining how he takes photos of the room in close to complete darkness, when he checks his phone.

Mark Sanchez's attorney said the former quarterback is "still recovering" from wounds he sustained in a stabbing earlier this month.

The ex-NFLer's counsel, Tim Delaney, informed a Marion County, IN judge of Sanchez's condition during a pretrial conference on Wednesday.

Delaney told the court he was grateful the judge excused his client from attending the proceedings, noting Sanchez "is still recovering from the injuries he sustained" as well as the "medical intervention" he required to fix the damage.

10/21 3:45 PM PT -- Denver Police clarified to TMZ Tuesday ... the man arrested this weekend, Jose Cardenas, is actually the person suspected of stealing the victim's glasses off his face ... Cardenas is not the man suspected of tripping the victim in the street.

A Denver Police rep said ... "Cardenas is now under investigation for Theft from a Person and not Second Degree Assault." The person who tripped the victim remains unidentified, and police are asking for the public's help in identifying him.

A "No Kings" demonstrator has been arrested after cops say he's the guy who tripped a man who yelled out a gay slur at protesters in a video now going viral.

A friend of Billy Joe Cagle -- the man arrested Monday at Atlanta's major airport for allegedly threatening a mass shooting -- is now talking to TMZ ... revealing the red flags that pushed him to reach out the night before cops swooped in.

Nick Roberts joined us on "TMZ Live" Tuesday ...  telling us he hit up Billy on Sunday night after spotting some troubling Facebook posts ... ones that, at first, looked more like warnings of self-harm than threats against others.

Nick said during that chat the 49-year-old seemed totally fine, giving off no sign he was plotting anything for the next day. Cops, though, were tipped off by Cagle's family’s concerns ... and thankfully, any potential tragedy was avoided.

10/21 -- 6:33 AM PT -- The White House Communications Office is saying our story is not true. We stand by our story. Our story is accurate.

Donald Trump is considering commuting Diddy's sentence as early as this week, according to a high-ranking White House official.

According to our source, the President is "vacillating" on a commutation. We're told some of the W.H. staff are urging Trump not to commute the sentence. But, our source states the obvious -- "Trump will do what he wants," and we're told Trump could set Diddy free as early as this week.

Diddy is serving a 50-month prison sentence for violating the Mann Act. He's served 13 months, and with credit, he could get out in around 2 years -- but none of that matters if Trump commutes his sentence.

Finesse2tymes is once again in trouble with the law ... TMZ Hip Hop can confirm.

The embattled "Mob Ties" rapper was taken into custody by the Harris County, Texas Sheriff's Office on Monday, Oct. 20 and booked on 8 charges in total ... including marijuana possession and possession of a controlled substance, prohibited substance in a correctional facility, possession of dangerous drug, and tampering/fabricating physical evidence.

Finesse2tymes had his mug shot snapped, but the Harris County PIO tells us he's no longer being detained in the Harris County Jail facility as of Tuesday.