Crime

Dakota Harper and his girlfriend, Felicity Eatmon, couldn't keep their hands off each other during a storm warning in West Virginia ... weeks before they were arrested for arson.

We've obtained video from the Hampton Inn in Charleston, West Virginia, from August 16 during the couple's four-night stay ... which was anything but drama-free.

Our sources say there was a tornado watch in the area ... which caused Felicity to become very obsessed -- freaking out while kneeling in the hotel lobby.

Christa Pike is back on her feet after surviving two lethal injections ... she's now able to walk again following the botched execution.

Her lawyer, Stephen Ferrell, told the BBC ... "She is up and walking for the first time today, but just around the room, not very far."

Additionally, a spokesperson for her attorney Randy Spivey told PEOPLE she's "taken a few steps."

Former "American Idol" contestant Caleb Flynn is settling in to his new digs in a state prison after being convicted of murdering his wife ... and we have the first look at his first mugshot.

Caleb is wearing a white shirt and an blue prison jumpsuit in the photo ... with a stone cold look on his face as he poses in front of a yellow background.

As you know, Caleb was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole after being found guilty of murdering his wife, Ashley Flynn.

Charles Manson family killer Patricia Krenwinkel is on the doorstep of freedom after being recommended for parole in California ... but Governor Gavin Newsom could still step in and keep her locked up.

Krenwinkel, who was among the Manson family members convicted in the Tate-LaBianca murders in 1969, was granted parole on a preliminary basis Tuesday ... according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

It's the third time 78-year-old Krenwinkel has been approved for parole ... Newsom used his power to prevent her release the previous two times ... and it will be interesting to see if he does so again or if the third time's the charm for Krenwinkel.

Christa Pike's aunt says her niece is still alive because it's what God wants ... she believes the Almighty is in control now -- not officials in Tennessee.

Carrie Ross -- Christa's aunt who helped raise her -- told the Daily Mail she believes Christa surviving execution by lethal injection last week proves God wants her to live.

Christa's aunt says, "When God puts his hand on someone, God is in control. Not the Department of Correction, not us, but God."

Texas has carried out an execution days after Tennessee inmate Christa Pike survived two doses of lethal injection ... with the condemned killer's final words directed at his victim's family.

Jamaal Howard was pronounced dead Wednesday night at a Texas prison after receiving a dose of pentobarbital ... the same drug used during Pike's botched execution last week.

Howard was convicted of fatally shooting convenience store clerk Vickie Swartout during a 2000 robbery in Texas. Surveillance video showed Howard shooting Swartout in the chest before stealing $114 and a carton of cigarettes.

Before the execution, Howard apologized to Swartout's family, who watched from a viewing room near the death chamber.

Christa Pike woke up Tuesday asking, "Where am I and who are you?" ... just hours after her attorneys say they believed she was brain-dead and would be taken off life support.

Her lawyers revealed the stunning turn Wednesday, saying Pike is now conscious and talking -- but she's angry, confused and still trying to understand what happened to her.

They say Pike has pneumonia and a blood clot in one arm, can't move either arm and still can't eat because she can't swallow. Her attorneys say they don't know how much function she'll regain.

The swelling is also severe -- one attorney compared her hands and arms to an inflated surgical glove -- and she's still shackled at the feet and on her right arm.

A Tennessee judge has ordered evidence from Christa Pike's botched execution to be preserved ... as her attorneys fight over what happens next.

Pike's legal team was back in court Wednesday morning for a status conference tied to an emergency motion filed after the failed execution.

Her legal team also revealed Pike is still shackled and handcuffed to her hospital bed ... even though medical staff have asked for the restraints to be removed.

As we reported, Tennessee tried to put Pike to death last week, but she survived two doses of the lethal injection drug pentobarbital and was rushed from prison to a Nashville hospital.

Andrew Tate is keeping a sense of humor amid his sex trafficking case in the United Kingdom, calling prosecutors' claims that he's into bestiality porn with horses total "horses***" ... at least according to his lawyer.

Tate's attorney, Joseph McBride, tells TMZ ... after British prosecutors filed court documents Tuesday accusing Tate of having videos of sex acts with a horse and an eel on his electronic devices, Tate bluntly told his lawyer, "This is horses***."

McBride tells us that Tate "of course has a sense of humor about this stuff."

And why shouldn't he ... according to McBride, Tate is NOT into bestiality at all. Tate's lawyer says the influencer is a "multiple woman guy" who has supermodels throwing themselves at him.

A few too many margaritas apparently sent one Indiana woman's day spinning ... literally -- cops say she drunkenly did donuts on a courthouse lawn ... and the wild stunt is on video.

The Jennings County Sheriff's Office says a 67-year-old woman was arrested Monday afternoon after allegedly tearing circles through the grass outside a local courthouse while intoxicated.

Video shows a car doing donuts in the grass ... kicking up a ton of grass and dirt and narrowly missing trees ... all while in reverse.

Deputies say the driver was booked for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, along with several other charges.

Texas is moving forward with an execution just one week after Christa Pike survived a botched lethal injection in Tennessee ... and the condemned man's lawyers want to pump the brakes.

Jamaal Howard is scheduled to be put to death Wednesday in Texas, which uses the same drug -- pentobarbital -- that failed to kill Pike after two doses.

Howard's attorneys are asking Gov. Greg Abbott for a 30-day delay while they seek more information about Texas' supply of the drug ... arguing he shouldn't be executed "within days of the same drug failing in another state."

Chi Phi frat bros banded together after 7 brothers were accused of drugging and gang-raping a fellow Cornell student in 2024 ... telling investigators on camera they heard the sex was all consensual.

In never-before-seen video obtained by ABC News, you see Cornell University police grilling two members of Chi Phi in the weeks after the alleged October 2024 gang rape at their frat house ... asking them how they knew it was consensual.

The Chi Phi brothers claim they were present in the house that night but did not have sex with the Jane Doe ... and one says, "What people were saying was that there was like multiple consenting adults in this room."

Kyrsten Sinema says her ex-bodyguard turned lover demanded she bond him out of jail after threatening to "take her down" and trashing her home ... and now she wants a judge to make it harder for him to get out.

Citing court documents, the Arizona Republic says Matthew Ammel -- who was Sinema's bodyguard when she was senator and later her lover -- violated the terms of a no-contact order and was tossed behind bars.

Sinema took out a restraining order against Ammel in September after he trashed her house to the tune of more than $200,000 ... after their romantic relationship went off the deep end.

Ammel was arrested on September 17, and a grand jury has indicted him on one count of felony criminal damage. He allegedly dumped 22 paintings belonging to Sinema into her pool, destroying the artwork.

One of Patty Hearst's kidnappers, Bill Harris, has died.

Harris passed away September 10 in San Francisco ... according to The New York Times.

Harris became infamous in 1974 as a top lieutenant of the Symbionese Liberation Army, a radical left wing group that kidnapped Patty from her Berkeley, CA apartment.

Christa Pike is awake and talking after surviving Tennessee's botched attempt to execute her last week ... her attorneys told TMZ Tuesday.

Pike remains hospitalized in Nashville, where her lawyers say she's still receiving critical care after suffering severe damage to her arms. Despite the improvement, they say her prognosis remains unclear, and she's facing a long recovery.

We're told her legal team plans to see and speak with her this evening.

Andrew Tate allegedly had some seriously disturbing material on his devices ... including extreme porn depicting sex acts with a horse and an eel ... according to newly filed court docs obtained by TMZ.

The allegations are laid out in a massive filing connected to the UK's effort to extradite Tate from the U.S. ... and things get pretty dark.

British authorities allege Tate possessed explicit images depicting people having sex with live animals -- specifically a horse and an eel -- along with other extreme porn showing acts likely to cause serious genital injuries.