Crime

Wynonna Judd's daughter will apparently have to give birth while under close supervision ... because a judge denied her request for a temporary release from jail to have a C-section.

Here's the deal ... Grace Pauline Kelley filed a document last month asking for a quick trip out of jail to welcome her second child, according to Us Weekly. She pled guilty to felony driving with a suspended or revoked license back in June and received a 15-month sentence.

A Virginia judge shot down the temporary furlough ... though the docs note law enforcement will escort her to an outside hospital for a C-section on a scheduled date.

Kim Zolciak's leaning on family in the aftermath of her son Kroy Jr.'s arrest ... taking her younger son Kash out to dinner with her and her boyfriend, Kyle Mowitz, while Kroy Jr. is behind bars.

The reality star was spotted wearing a low-cut, form-fitting black dress in Palm Beach, Florida, Wednesday evening ... while both her date and her son matched her in all-black get-ups.

While Kyle took care of dressing himself, it seems Kash still needs Mom's help ... because Kim adjusted the cuffs of his shirt and appeared to straighten out his shirt collar as well.

The Indiana teacher accused of orchestrating a so-called "Scream" mask gangbang sex scandal with underage students is officially divorced.

According to court documents obtained by TMZ, Brittany Fortinberry and her husband, Nicholas Fortinberry, finalized their divorce Monday -- more than a year after he first filed to end the marriage.

Per the settlement, Brittany will be awarded her clothes, shoes, and makeup. Her ex walked away with a 2022 Chrysler Pacifica and a Toyota 4Runner. 

Great balls of fire ... a 61-year-old man tried to fend off cops serving an eviction notice by attacking them with an improvised flamethrower ... and the fireball is on video!!!

Body cam footage shows the moment cops bust into Darron Dunn's Oklahoma apartment, and he greets them with a flaming ball of fire.

According to the incident report, obtained by TMZ, the Oklahoma County Sheriff says Dunn pointed and sprayed an aerosol can at deputies and ignited the chemicals with a lighter ... and boom! Homemade flamethrower.

Closing arguments in Lindsay Clancy's triple-murder trial just wrapped up.

The final pitches -- from prosecutors and the defense -- came after more than 20 days of testimony in the Massachusetts mother’s closely watched trial.

Lindsay is accused of strangling her three children -- 5-year-old Cora, 3-year-old Dawson and 8-month-old Callan -- and then attempting suicide inside their home in January 2023.

She has pleaded not guilty to three counts of first-degree murder ... with her defense arguing she was suffering from postpartum psychosis, and, therefore, not criminally responsible for the killings.

Jake Reiner says he lost over half his family when his parents were brutally killed, and his brother was arrested for their murders ... leaving just him and his sister.

Jake opened up about how life has been since Rob and Michele Reiner were stabbed to death and his brother, Nick, was arrested and charged with their murders ... in his first sit-down interview since their deaths.

He told KABC-TV ... "It's been 8 months. It feels like 8 years at the same time. And it also feels like 8 minutes. Because every moment that I wake up, I'm reminded of my reality."

4:09PM PT -- A Discord spokesperson tells TMZ ... “Content that sexualizes children has no place on Discord or in society. We don't allow it in any form, real or AI-generated, and when we find it, we act immediately by removing content, taking action against the user’s account, and reporting violators to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children"

If this West Virginia man thought reverse psychology would throw cops off his scent, he was mistaken ... because a dude who allegedly went by the name "MrChildPorn" online was arrested for possession of child porn.

Garrett Michael Highlander -- a 20-year-old from Morgantown -- was arrested last week and charged with possession of material depicting minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct.

West Virginia State Police allege Highlander used the names "MrChildPorn" and "MrToxix" online and bragged about a large cache of child porn ... and they say he allegedly used Discord to share child porn images.

Bryan Kohberger will get his day in court again ... because a judge has set two court hearings in response to the convicted killer wanting to withdraw his guilty plea.

Judge Steven Hippler -- the very same judge who accepted Kohberger's guilty plea last year -- set a status conference in the matter for June 3, 2027, and an evidentiary hearing on June 17.

Prosecutors asked the judge to dismiss Kohberger's filing without a hearing ... but they didn't get their wish.

A Florida man was arrested for allegedly pouring methamphetamine into a 1-year-old child's sippy cup ... and the child ingested the drugs, overdosed, and was taken to a hospital in critical condition ... law enforcement sources tell TMZ.

We're told the alleged incident went down in February, and doctors treated the child, who survived and was then placed in the custody of the Florida Department of Children and Families.

46-year-old Mark Windham was arrested Saturday and charged with child neglect causing great bodily harm and possession of drug paraphernalia with residue ... the Nassau County Sheriff's Office announced.

NCSO previously announced that the child's parents and two other residents in the Callahan home where the alleged incident took place were arrested ... they were identified as Hayden Simmons, Damien Windham, Erica Foley, and Judith Addison

A Rutgers University dean seemingly graduated from Biological Sciences to a degree in perversion ... because prosecutors say he was caught filming upskirt videos.

The New Jersey Office of the Attorney General said Tuesday that Joshua Kohut, the dean of research at Rutgers' School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, was hit with a single charge of invasion of privacy for allegedly shooting his videos with a cell phone camera.  

Attorney General Jennifer Davenport said Kohut used his "mobile phone to record 'upskirt' videos without his victim's knowledge."

Jed York's recent arrest might be a learning experience for the San Francisco 49ers owner ... and a popular Nevada brothel is willing to teach the billionaire how to pay for sex without breaking the law.

Dena Duff -- the Madam and GM for Sheri's Ranch Brothel in Pahrump -- tells TMZ ... the brothel would like to offer Jed, his fellow NFL owners and players, some lessons on how to legally hire sex workers.

Duff says ... "Nevada's licensed brothels offer something an NFL owner should appreciate: a legal, regulated environment where discretion and privacy are paramount. Sheri's would be happy to host Jed, along with any interested NFL owners and players, for a seminar on how Nevada's legal brothel system works, why discretion is such an important part of the business and, frankly, how to do prostitution correctly."

The "Chucky" look-alike manhunt has finally come to an end, and everyone can breathe a sigh of relief ... because the guy has been scooped up by the feds in Nevada!

Zymire Hughes -- who allegedly donned a Chucky-style mask and scared the crap out of people in Philadelphia -- was arrested Tuesday night by the United States Marshals Service in Las Vegas, according to authorities.

The U.S. Marshals posted a photo on X showing two of their officers taking the alleged Chucky wannabe into custody after learning that he was reportedly hiding out in an apartment complex in southeast Vegas. The officers conducted surveillance inside the complex to locate Hughes and then moved in to arrest him without incident.

Here's Lindsay Clancy's attorney ripping a forensic psychologist who testified that she should have done more legwork to address her alleged mental health issues ... before she snapped and allegedly murdered her three kids.

In a heated moment from Lindsay's murder trial Tuesday, defense attorney Kevin Reddington hammers Dr. Kirk Heilbrun over his testimony that Lindsay should've asked for advice from friends and family -- and looked up medications herself when she was feeling her postpartum symptoms before the kids were strangled to death.

Reddington was blown away by the testimony ... and tried to use the statement to show how his client was not properly cared for by other doctors prior to the horrific events.

Suge Knight is making a bombshell claim amid the Tupac Shakur murder trial ... saying Duane "Keefe D" Davis' lawyers offered him up to $1 million to say Keefe wasn't in the car that allegedly shot up Tupac.

Suge joined us on "TMZ Live" Tuesday from prison and said he refused the alleged offer ... insisting his loyalty to Tupac "can't be compromised."

The Death Row founder also took aim at The Game ... pushing back on the rapper's recent claim that Keefe D is being used as a scapegoat.

Famous Dex has been arrested for domestic battery ... TMZ has learned.

Official records show the rapper was taken into custody on Sunday and booked on a domestic battery charge.

It appears Famous Dex was still in a Vegas jail at the time of publication.

Austin Metcalf's father says Karmelo Anthony might be the one in jail, but it's the Metcalf family that's serving a life sentence.

Jeff Metcalf sat down for an interview with "Good Morning America" ... and he was asked if he feels he and his family ultimately got justice after Karmelo was found guilty and sentenced to 35 years behind bars for stabbing Austin to death.

He says he doesn't feel the family got real justice in the case ... because he, his wife Meghan, and their other son Hunter all got metaphorical life sentences after Austin was killed.