David Charette is a Florida man who shouldn't be around cats ... because he allegedly killed some in a cruel way, using a blow dryer and a rag soaked in bleach.
Those are the ugly allegations Charette is now facing -- and more -- from the Lee County Sheriff's Office. On Thursday, Charette was arrested and booked in the Lee County jail for aggravated animal cruelty on $100,000 bail.
Police body cam video shows officers checking on one of the kittens, then Charette being placed in the back of a squad car.
According to police, deputies arrived at Charette's Fort Myers home after getting a tip that someone was hitting and drowning a 2-month-old kitten named Luna.
Nolan Wells' friends set out Friday to Horn Island after launching an investigation of their own into the death of the teen ... and the visit was intense.
Warren Hudson and Jax Pitalo took their lawyers, J. Tyler Cox and Edward Andrew Paltzik, to inspect the Mississippi barrier island ... and a realization hit them like a ton of bricks.
Cox tells TMZ ... things got raw for the boys ... "The trip was tough for Warren and Jax because that’s the last place they saw their best friend. A couple of times we had to pause and give them their space.” He pointed out one of those places included the site where Nolan’s body was discovered.
Sickening new footage shows the recent mass shooting at an Idaho In-N-Out ... and it's tough to watch.
Surveillance from inside and outside the Twin Falls location shows the gunman opening fire last Saturday ... with customers and employees running for cover as the terrifying rampage unfolds.
It's difficult to stomach ... but the new footage shows the gunman -- identified as Chad Williams -- shooting an assault-style rifle inside the drive-thru window and at cars in the parking lot.
Andrew Gillum's back in jail after prosecutors say he missed a drug test ... and then tested positive for methamphetamine.
Baldwin County Assistant D.A. John Oxford tells TMZ ... Andrew is taking part in random drug testing known as "color code drug testing." Basically, we're told Andrew is assigned a color by the court, and he's supposed to call a hotline every day. If he calls the hotline and his color is read out, he has to report that day for a drug test.
Oxford says Andrew didn't show up for his drug test on a day his color was called ... so he was tested for drugs at his court appearance Thursday ... and it came back positive.
A brand new batch of declassified UFO files has finally dropped ... and TMZ has an exclusive look at some of the startling footage.
The Department of War is releasing its fifth trove of historical Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena records as part of the Trump admin's effort to be transparent with Americans.
Check it out ... the footage spans decades and comes from locations around the world -- showing mysterious objects darting, hovering and glowing in the sky.
When Peter Parker called himself your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man ... this probably wasn't what he had in mind ... President Trump's White House has the Marvel hero slinging webs to help Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
The White House's official social media account turned Spider-Man into an ICE agent in a new propaganda post on that depicts him trapping "criminal illegal aliens" in his web.
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The Trump administration captioned the photo ... "Your friendly neighborhood ICE agents."
At least seven people were murdered in cold blood, and over a dozen more were injured after a gun-toting teen opened fire in Thailand, killing his grandparents and then shooting up his high school, according to media reports.
The New York Times said the bloodshed began Friday morning when the unidentified teen fatally shot his grandparents inside their home before moving on to the Debsirin Nonthaburi School near the capital of Bangkok.
Thailand's Deputy Interior Minister Polapee Suwunchwee said at least 6 people were killed at the school -- five of them teachers and the shooter, who took his own life with the handgun. Early reports stated that three students were among the victims, but that number may have changed.
Video of the shooting posted to social media shows students hiding under tables in a classroom as gunshots are heard in the background. As many as 26 bullets were reportedly fired by the gunman.
Polapee described the weapon as a "compact small gun," registered to the teen's grandfather, who was a former government teacher.
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The family of former Miss North Carolina USA 2026 Brittany Boltinhouse is speaking out after she was stripped of her title after her alleged past social media posts contained racist language.
An unnamed family member seemed to defend her in a statement to the Daily Mail, stating ... "I think it's important to put her truth out and have the proper narrative out versus a narrative that is saving the face [of] an organization."
They continued, "As you can imagine, there's a lot we would like to say but we are taking the time to be in prayer and unity and [will] respond in a manner [that] God calls us to."
Universal Studios Hollywood guests are being urged to check their vaccination status after a person infected with measles visited the theme park last month ... potentially putting others at risk.
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health says the infected visitor was at Universal on July 26. Anyone who was inside the park from 10 AM to 9 PM that day is being advised to make sure they’re protected and watch closely for possible symptoms through August 16.
A Universal Studios Hollywood spokesperson tells TMZ ... "The safety and security of our guests and team members is our highest priority. We were recently made aware that a guest with a confirmed case of measles visited Los Angeles County, including our theme park, on July 26, 2026. We are working with the Department of Public Health and are following their guidance."
Mitch McConnell's D.C. home has drawn plenty of eyeballs during his mysterious weeks-long absence ... and it turns out there really was a Senator living there the whole time -- just not Mitch.
Charlieswung by the property Thursday hoping to spot McConnell after his release from a rehabilitation center ... but instead, our intrepid TMZ DC producer stumbled upon Sen. Thom Tillis, who had a key to the place.
When Charlie asked if he was visiting Mitch, Tillis dropped quite the plot twist ... "No, I live here."
With all the mystery around Nolan Wells' death, TMZ decided to bring in the big guns to try and figure out who's telling the truth.
We sat down with body language expert Susan Constantine to get her take on Warren Hudson's recent interview with Brandon Tatum ... and she thinks there's definitely something he's not telling us.
The legal battle surrounding the estate of the late Jeremiah "Shawn" Duffy is heating up ... but his ex-wife says their children aren't interested in anyone else's assets -- they just want the keepsakes their father intended for them.
Stephanie Ramsay tells TMZ she's aware of the recent court filing by Sara Gilson's ex-husband -- Lyle Landers -- but says her priority remains protecting her children during an already difficult time.
The mother of Jeremiah's children tells us, "We are aware of Lyle's filing. However, I'm focused on our kids during this time. My children don't want anything of Sara's, haven't asked for anything of hers and never expected anything."
Nolan Wells' friends are launching an investigation of their own ... with their attorneys heading to Horn Island to get a firsthand look at where the 18-year-old disappeared, and where he was found dead.
Attorneys J. Tyler Cox and Edward Andrew Paltziktell TMZ in a joint statement ... they, along with their clients, plan to inspect the Mississippi barrier island Friday as they begin investigating Nolan's death on behalf of their clients -- Warren Hudson, Jax Pitalo and Morgan Seymour.
They stress they won't be gathering evidence during the visit ... saying the purpose is to understand the island's "layout and dynamics." Paltzik "needs to lay eyes on the island himself."
Donald Trump is shockingly good at golf, and he never cheats ... at least that's what Senator Eric Schmitt tells us ... and he would know, because he's played a few rounds with the President.
Charlie got the Senator from Missouri on Capitol Hill Thursday and we asked him about Trump's golf game. Schmitt says Trump is legit out on the links ... so, he's got no real reason to cheat -- even though he's been dogged by rumors of the opposite.
Sen. Schmitt says he doesn't hold back when he plays the prez ... because Trump would know if he were going easy ... and he's still yet to beat Trump, who has an impressive 40 club championships.
A Pennsylvania man accused of raping an underage girl is facing 5,538 criminal charges ... and prosecutors say it may be a record number of charges for one case.
According to court records, 37-year-old Nicholas Allen Spencer was charged with a truckload of mostly felony offenses, including rape, rape threats, statutory sexual assault, aggravated indecent assault without consent, forcible compulsion, threat of forcible compulsion, and on and on. Prosecutors say the alleged victim told police Spencer raped her almost daily for several years until a friend convinced her to report the abuse to authorities.
Almost 4,000 of the charges are FELONIES.
Tami Fees, Clearfield County Deputy District Attorney, tells TMZ ... the eye-popping amount of charges is "probably our largest case ever" in the county and the same likely holds true for the entire state of Pennsylvania.
