Crime & Arrests

Popular Chicago rapper MAF Teeski was arrested Monday in Indiana and charged with domestic battery by bodily waste committed in the presence of a child less than 16 years old, plus interference with reporting a crime.

TMZ has learned he was cuffed by the Fishers Police Department after officers responded to an unfinished 911 call about a physical altercation between Teeski and his girlfriend. Cops say they found the woman and her 13-year-old child outside when they arrived at the scene, and Teeski was described as "barricaded inside the residence."

After about half an hour on the scene, police say the "One I Want" rapper exited the home with his hands raised and was placed in handcuffs. He told police his girlfriend slapped him, and he only reacted after they got into a "scuffle."

Adrian Peterson's recent legal trouble isn't ruining his holiday season -- a month after the former All-Pro running back was ordered to remain in Texas over his DWI and weapon arrest, he was granted permission to travel to Oklahoma to spend Thanksgiving with his family.

TMZ Sports obtained court documents filed earlier this month, in which Peterson's lawyer asked the judge to let the ex-Vikings superstar go to the Sooner State for Turkey Day from November 23 until December 1.

As part of the conditions of his release, AP agreed to keep his nose clean, surrender all firearms, avoid illegal drugs, submit to random testing and stay in the state unless he had permission.

9:23 AM PT -- TMZ has obtained bodycam footage showing the arrest of Geyser and Mecca in Posen, Illinois.

The "Slender Man" stabber escape has taken another turn ... Morgan Geyser -- the internet horror character-inspired killer -- ran away from a group home because she was reportedly going to be barred from seeing her transgender friend.

As you know, Geyser cut off her ankle bracelet Saturday night and slipped away from the group home in Madison, Wisconsin, where she was living under the authority of the Department of Corrections. Police launched a nationwide manhunt and recaptured Geyser the very next day ... and it's now reported Geyser was found with her transgender friend, Chad "Charly" Mecca, at a truck stop in Posen, Illinois, near Chicago.

Geyser, 23, was not hit with any local charges because it would only serve to prolong her extradition back to Wisconsin, police said. An extradition hearing is slated for today in Cook County.

"Golden State Killer" Joseph DeAngelo reportedly tried to blame his gruesome murders on having a split personality named Jerry, who "made" him commit crimes against his will ... the problem is that actually hurts your case in California.

This is according to a new book -- "The People vs. the Golden State Killer" -- by Sacramento County District Attorney Thien Ho.

Ho writes DeAngelo muttered to himself in interrogations, saying things like, “I did all that ... I didn’t have the strength to push him out. He made me. He went with me. It was like, in my head, I mean, he’s a part of me. I didn’t want to do those things. I pushed Jerry out and had a happy life. I did all those things. I’ve destroyed all their lives ... I raped. So now I gotta pay the price."

Chauncey Billups pleaded not guilty in a federal courthouse in Brooklyn on Monday, a month after he was arrested for allegedly helping the mafia rig underground poker games, a scandal that rocked the NBA.

The now-suspended Portland Trail Blazers head coach was arraigned on charges relating to wire fraud and money laundering, appearing alongside 30 other defendants in the Eastern District of New York.

Bond was set at $5 million. Billups put up his Colorado home as collateral, securing his release.

According to the feds, defendants, including members from four of the five crime families in NYC, would lure unsuspecting wealthy targets to card games under the guise they were legit ... using celebrities like Billups to make them appear legit.

Nyier Daniels -- an offensive lineman with the University of Georgia football team -- has been arrested and booked on a slew of charges.

The redshirt freshman was arrested Sunday after he allegedly tried to flee from police in Commerce, GA -- a city about 20 miles from Athens where his university is located.

Authorities arrested him on three felony counts ... two counts of second-degree cruelty to children and one count of fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer.

Two men and two children are dead following what police are calling a murder-suicide confrontation in Tiffin, Ohio -- about 90 miles west of Cleveland.

Officers were called to a residence on reports of screaming and gunshots shortly after 6 PM Wednesday, according to the Tiffin Police Department, where they found the four victims with gunshot wounds.

Police say the mother of the two children -- a 7-year-old and a 7-month-old -- went to the suspect's house earlier to move her things out while the suspect -- identified as Ryan Eagon, her husband -- was believed to have been out of town. Dustin Willey -- the 7-year-old's father -- accompanied the woman to help her move.

The two kids were outside. Police say the unidentified woman and Willey heard the older boy cry out when Eagon unexpectedly arrived at the home.

Police say Eagon had a gun and chased Willey, firing several times ... Eagon then shot both children, and turned the gun on himself. He died at the scene. The woman brought the two kids into the house, where officers and paramedics found her. She was unharmed.

The 7-month-old was also pronounced dead at the scene -- that child's father was not identified. The 7-year-old and Dustin Willey were both hospitalized, where they both died.

The incident remains under investigation.

Patrick Beverley won't be appearing on Barstool platforms anytime soon -- Dave Portnoy just revealed the former NBA player is "taking forced time away" following his arrest for felony assault.

The Barstool Sports founder explained his employee's status during "The Unnamed Show" on Wednesday ... saying Beverley -- who has a the "Hoopin' N Hollerin'" podcast with the company -- has "gotta figure all this out."

"We'll let the facts play out," Portnoy said. "Certainly, with what is hanging there, we can't have him be part of what we're doing right now, and we got to see how it settles, but this is horrible."

Elizabeth Holmes was snapped enjoying some quality time with her family in the yard of her Texas prison this week.

Holmes seemed to adjust her 2-year-old daughter's Elsa dress and run around with her 4-year-old son while her husband, Billy Evans, lounged on the grass, looking on adoringly.

The Thursday scene was picture perfect until you remember the Theranos founder is serving an 11-year sentence for defrauding investors in her failed blood-testing company. She's been locked up since May 2023.

A Florida man has been arrested in the murder of a missing British woman who police now say traveled to the U.S. with the intent to pay the man to kill her.

Sonia Exelby's body was found in a shallow grave in Marion County, Florida last month … and now police have arrested a Florida man on kidnapping and murder charges.

According to a Florida Department of Law Enforcement arrest affidavit obtained by TMZ, Exelby arrived at Florida's Gainesville Regional Airport on October 10, where she was picked up by Dwain Hall, police believe.

Exelby met Hall on a fetish site before her trip to the United States. Police believe Exelby was suicidal, and planned to travel to the United States to meet people willing to kill her in a violent manner.

I peck your pardon?! A man is staring down 20 years in the slammer after a suspiciously huge bulge in his pants -- which he claimed was his mighty man-meat -- turned out to be ... TWO. ACTUAL. BIRDS. Yes, this is real life!

Jesse Agus Martinez, 35, got stopped by CBP at the Mexico-U.S. border on October 23 after guards clocked a very questionable bulge in his trousers ... and when they checked it out, they found two little brown bags stuffed in his underwear -- each holding a rare orange-fronted parakeet.

The parakeets -- which are critically endangered, according to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature -- were breathing but heavily sedated, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Southern California.

"King of the Hill" voice actor Jonathan Joss' neighbor, Sigfredo Ceja Alvarez, has been charged in Joss' murder, People reports.

The charge comes after Ceja Alvarez was arrested and released immediately after the tragic incident. He's been formally indicted by a Bexar County grand jury.

We broke the story ... eyewitnesses said Joss got into a heated argument with his neighbor at a house on the city's south side June 1 -- leading to a bloody confrontation.

TMZ Sports has obtained more details surrounding Patrick Beverley's arrest -- the ex-NBA player is accused of punching his sister in the eye and choking her for up to 30 seconds at a Texas home.

According to the probable cause affidavit, Beverley's sister told officials she left the home in the middle of the night without permission to see her boyfriend at a nearby park on Nov. 14.

When she returned home, her mother, Lisa, was awake ... and told her to enter her room. Lisa then told her daughter to call the boyfriend and tell him to pick her up.

A DoorDash driver was hit with serious charges after she was arrested for allegedly recording a partially naked man while making a delivery.

Content creator Olivia Henderson was making a delivery to a residence in Oswego, New York, last month when she says she filmed a customer passed out with his pants and underwear around his ankles, according to the New York Post ... the door was allegedly wide open when she'd arrived.

The 23-year-old contacted police and claimed she'd been lured into the house by the man and described the incident as an instance of sexual assault. However, Ring camera footage taken from the residence reportedly appeared to show Henderson letting herself into the home. And police reportedly stated the man in the video hadn't given her any indication to enter.

Police later issued a statement about the incident, and they described the man in the video as having been unconscious when Henderson took the video. Oswego Police said the man in the video later "cooperated with police and provided a statement." Police allege no sexual assault occurred.

Henderson had her account deleted by DoorDash. She allegedly posted video of the unclothed man on TikTok -- and the company cited her sharing the video as the reason why she was dropped from the platform.

Henderson was arrested last week and charged with one count of unlawful surveillance in the second degree and one count of dissemination of an unlawful surveillance image in the first degree -- both felonies.

A Florida man has been found guilty of stabbing his adoptive parents to death and evading police for hours.

Dima Tower was found guilty on two counts of first-degree murder and one count of fleeing law enforcement at the Sarasota County Courthouse on Friday, according to ABC7 Sarasota.

Tower was born in Ukraine and was adopted by Robbie and Jennifer Tower in 2015, when he was just a teenager. His defense attorney said Tower's troubled upbringing left him "emotionally scarred," according to FOX 13 Tampa Bay.

Tower was 21 when he killed his adoptive parents in their house in North Port, Florida, in August 2023.

He stabbed Robbie while he slept. Jennifer ran to a neighbor's house, but Tower chased her and forced her to return to the house, where he sat her down and explained what he'd done to Robbie ... and then stabbed her multiple times.

Authorities said the neighbor whose house Jennifer had run to called police ... responding officers saw Tower "wrestling around in a car," covered in blood, before he drove away, leading police on a highway pursuit. He ran from the car on foot into some woods ... police located him at a gas station the next day.

Baltimore Ravens offensive lineman Ben Cleveland has cut a plea deal with prosecutors in his DUI case and has been sentenced to probation ... TMZ Sports has learned.

According to court documents we obtained, the Ravens guard pleaded guilty on Nov. 4 to one count of DUI following his arrest in February -- where cops say he blew a .178 (more than two times the legal limit) on a breathalyzer after he was spotted driving erratically.

As part of his deal, he is set to serve a 12-month probation period. While he was supposed to spend 24 hours behind bars ... they credited the 27-year-old with time served.