Crime

Richard Sherman has closed out his DUI case ... the ex-NFL star ended up getting deferred prosecution on Tuesday.

The former Seattle Seahawks cornerback appeared in a King County, Wash. courtroom, where the matter was wrapped up.

Prosecutors say in order to get the deferred prosecution, Sherman had to admit his actions on the night of his 2024 arrest were the result of a substance use disorder ... and he had to agree to undergo two years of treatment as a result.

Going to school may stink for some ... but a South Carolina teaching assistant took it to a whole new smelly level when he used fart spray in his classroom -- causing over $50,000 worth of damage!

The Florence County Sheriff’s Office has arrested 32-year-old Alexander Paul Robertson Lewis, a teaching assistant at West Florence High School, for spraying what they say is "an internet acquired spray designed to imitate fecal odor at the school."

He's accused of spraying the product on multiple occasions between August 25 and September 19, creating a stinky situation that disrupted class and sent some students to the doc!

Sean "Diddy" Combs is a great father and son who gives back to his community ... at least that's what his family, friends and exes are telling the judge who is set to decide his fate.

Diddy's legal team gave Judge Arun Subramanian a mountain of legal homework in a massive filing late Monday night ... and the trove of documents includes more than 75 letters of support.

The Bad Boy founder's mother, Janice Combs, his six eldest kids and a handful of exes, including rapper Yung Miami, spoke highly of Diddy in their letters to the judge in an effort to secure a lighter sentence next month following his conviction on prostitution charges.

Gordon Ramsay was the target of another "swatting" incident … after someone made a bogus 911 call claiming there was a shooting at the celebrity chef's Bel Air mansion.

Law enforcement sources tell TMZ ... LAPD got a call around 8 PM Monday, and the caller claimed he'd shot his brother -- described as a chef -- along with his nephew, and was armed with a black revolver

The caller also claimed he was using heroin and was refusing to leave the house.

Sean "Diddy" Combs' army of attorneys is laying out all the reasons why they say he should not have the book thrown at him when a judge sentences him in his criminal case.

Diddy's defense team -- spearheaded by Marc Agnifilo and Teny Geragos -- just filed a sentencing packet for the court and prosecution, where they advocate for a more lenient sentence.

In the docs, obtained by TMZ, Diddy says the sentencing guidelines for his conviction on 2 counts of the Mann Act is no more than 6-to-12 months in prison on each count, which accurately reflects the seriousness of the offenses laid out at his federal trial in NYC.

Here's a fresh batch of crime scene photos from the Idaho home where Bryan Kohberger brutally murdered four college students.

Cops in the Gem State just released 10 never-before-seen images from inside the Moscow home where Kohberger murdered Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin with a Ka-Bar knife.

There are overturned stools in the kitchen, a possible print, leftover remnants of a party, an old-school camera, a portable speaker and an image of a sliding glass door where Kohberger might have made his entrance and escape.

Taylor Swift just got some good news -- she's been granted a restraining order against a man she says routinely shows up at her Los Angeles home and claims she had his baby.

According to court documents submitted Monday and obtained by TMZ ... a 45-year-old man named Brian Jason Wagner has been ordered to stay at least 100 yards away from the global superstar for the next 5 years.

Wagner must stay clear of her L.A. home, vehicle, and place of work ... according to the documents. Furthermore, the judge barred him from contacting Swift during this time -- including in person, by letter or digitally.

The FBI says a Sacramento man accused of opening fire on a local TV station Friday left behind chilling handwritten notes ... including one directly threatening well-known political figures.

According to the feds, agents searching Anibal Hernandez Santana's home and car found two disturbing messages. In his house, tacked to a refrigerator planner under the Friday listing, was the line: "Do the Next Scary Thing."

Even more alarming ... inside his car was a note that read: "For hiding Epstein & ignoring red flags. Do not support Patel, Bongino, & AG Pam Bondi. They're next. – C.K. from above."

A head-turning comment accusing D4vd of "messing with" a young teen has been discovered under one of his February 2024 TikTok posts ... as police continue to investigate the death of teenager Celeste Rivas, whose body was found in a Tesla registered to the singer's name.

Check out a comment left under D4vd's February 25, 2024 TikTok post -- it's a person who claims they're waiting for the LAPD to "get" the musician "for messing with a 13-year-old girl."

The Los Angeles Police Department has been investigating Celeste's death -- and even searched the home D4vd has been renting for 12 hours last week -- but have not named him as a suspect in the case.

The death investigation surrounding D4vd about teenager Celeste Rivas hasn't hurt the singer's career in the slightest ... it's actually contributed to his career zenith!!!

On Monday, the Billboard 200 chart was updated -- highlighted with 21 Pilots single-handedly bringing rock n' roll back to the top -- but thanks to D4v'd's controversially titled smash hit, "Romantic Homicide," his 2023 album, "Petals to Thorns" has reentered the Billboard 200!!!

In fact, D4vd was calculated to have his biggest day on Spotify yesterday with more than 12 million streams ... over 3 years after "Romantic Homicide" was released.

Cops have identified the suspect and victim in the deadly shooting that rocked a New Hampshire country club over the weekend.

Cops say 23-year-old Hunter Nadeau stormed into the Sky Meadow Country Club in Nashua late Saturday night and opened fire, killing 59-year-old Steven DeCesare and injuring two other people.

According to the New Hampshire Attorney General and Nashua Police Chief, Nadeau has been hit with a second-degree murder charge and is expected to face additional counts.

Gunfire turned a New Hampshire wedding into chaos this weekend ... leaving one man dead and several others injured, and guests fleeing for safety.

The mass shooting went down around 9:30 PM Saturday night at Sky Meadow Country Club in Nashua, where a wedding celebration was underway. Police say a 59-year-old man was killed, while two others suffered gunshot wounds. Cops say several more guests sustained non-gun related injuries while scrambling to escape the mayhem.

Witnesses described panic erupting as shots rang out inside the venue. At first, cops feared there were multiple shooters, but after reviewing surveillance footage, they confirmed there was only one suspect. The gunman was quickly taken into custody, and officers stressed the public was no longer in danger.

Jeffrey Epstein made himself the king on his own chessboard, lording over his queens -- literally!

If that doesn't sound strange enough ... get a load of these photos of Epstein and a bunch of beautiful young women -- who, we're told, were all adults. Our sources with direct knowledge of the bizarre project tell us ... approximately 9 women in their 20s walked into an NYC photo shop in 2016, and asked the staff to take photos of them which would be made into pieces for a chessboard.

We're told the ladies said they were in a chess club, but didn't reveal who the club's president was. Over the next several months, our sources say the women came into the shop and posed for 3-dimensional pics in stylish outfits.

An armed man posing as a law enforcement officer at Charlie Kirk's memorial service site was taken into federal custody Friday and charged by the state of Arizona.

The Arizona Department of Public Safety tells TMZ ... 42-year-old Joshua Runkles was taken into custody and booked into the Maricopa County Jail after "exhibiting suspicious behavior" Friday afternoon at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona ... the location of Sunday's memorial service for Kirk.

The Arizona DPS and Secret Service tell TMZ the man informed Secret Service agents he was armed when they approached him, and he falsely claimed to be a member of law enforcement. Officials say he is not affiliated with law enforcement.

Well, that didn't take long -- shortly after bullets ripped through a local ABC news station in California's capital ... cops made an arrest.

Police in Sacramento tell TMZ ... 64-year-old Anibal Hernandezsantana is the alleged shooter ... and he's been arrested and slapped with three felony charges.

Cops say Hernandezsantana is charged with assault with a deadly weapon, shooting into an occupied building and negligent discharge of a firearm.

D4vd's European and UK tour dates have been axed amid the riveting death investigation connected to the butchered teenage corpse found in a Tesla registered to his name earlier this month.

While the tour dates on his official website are still posted, the pages linked to purchase tickets reveal the events have been canceled.

The event page for his Amsterdam show also includes a statement from the venue's management, reading ... "The d4vd concert at Paradiso is canceled due to unknown circumstances. Refunds will be issued at point of purchase."