Jack Doherty was more worried about his bling than he was about heading down to the local jail ... begging cops to let him give his watch to a friend while they were slapping cuffs on him.
We've obtained footage from Jack's Saturday morning arrest ... and it kicks off with Doherty stopping next to a police car and getting searched in the middle of the street.
His friends are filming the interaction ... but they're quickly moved aside by cops who tell them they can step onto the curb or step into a pair of handcuffs just like Doherty. Unsurprisingly, they all choose the sidewalk.
A Baltimore Police Department officer has been charged with attempted murder after prosecutors say he tried to run over a man with his vehicle while on duty ... and the incident was caught on video.
Robert A. Parks turned himself in Wednesday morning ... and he's been charged with second-degree attempted murder, assault, reckless driving, and misconduct in office.
In the video recorded by a bystander, Officer Parks is having a discussion with a man on the street who begins to walk away from him down an alleyway ... and Parks then jumps in his police SUV and speeds off after him.
Akon never should've been arrested, his team claims ... blaming the whole misunderstanding on a records-keeping issue.
A representative for the singer-songwriter tells us Akon already paid for the suspended license which resulted in his arrest ... but, the payment wasn't entered into the system properly.
We're told this clerical error -- a big one, if true -- will be rectified by the courts at Akon's hearing in early December.
Food influencer Michael Duarte was shot and killed by cops in Texas after he threatened to kill people, according to new details released by police.
A rep for the Medina County Sheriff's Office tells TMZ ... deputies responded to a 911 call November 8 in Castroville, Texas, regarding a disturbance involving a "male subject with a knife acting erratically."
The sheriff's office tells us Duarte approached a responding deputy threateningly -- paramedics were already at the scene -- and "after multiple verbal commands were given for Duarte to get on the ground by the deputy, Duarte charged toward the deputy while yelling, 'I’m going to kill you.'"
10:27 AM PT -- Akonwas busted because he had a bench warrant issued for failure to appear for a suspended license ... according to new legal docs obtained by TMZ.
Cops say it all started back in September, when Akon was driving a Tesla Cybertruck in Georgia. Police say they were on patrol when they spotted a Cybertruck stranded in the middle of the road ... they say Akon was the driver and he told cops the battery died.
Police say they called a tow truck to move the Cybertuck and while waiting, the officer says he discovered Akon's license was suspended for a failure to appear from back in January 2023. Cops say Akon was issued a citation for driving while his license was suspended and released from the scene.
The officer also noted in the report, "An illegal vape in the center console was seized during the inventory and submitted for destruction."
Kanye West is currently on a repentance tour for his past antisemitic comments ... but the São Paulo State Prosecutor’s Office in Brazil is giving him a stern warning not to entertain Nazism one bit -- or be thrown in jail!!!
Ye is scheduled to perform there on Nov. 29, but a complaint was filed with a prosecutor's office Tuesday with strict orders to arrest the hip hop megastar if he performs his track, "Heil Hitler."
Councilwoman Cris Monteiro is leading the political charge against Ye with the complaint, and prosecutor Ana Beatriz Pereira de Souza Frontini issued a ruling prohibiting swastika T-shirts or Nazi symbolism of any kind.
São Paulo's mayor said police will arrest Ye or anyone "who makes any apology for Nazism" -- as in, anyone who justifies the fascist ideology. Police will have a team of officers on standby just in case things go haywire. Ye and his team could be charged with crimes of racism and collective moral damages.
The promoters of the show -- Guilherme Cavalcante and Jean Fabrício Ramos -- also face arrest for omission should Ye not fully comply.
Tickets are still on sale ... but Ye & co. are scrambling for a location to perform!!!
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For what it's worth ... Ye appeared to have recently sought the blessings of a famous rabbi to rinse away his past Nazism.
Police are investigating a car crash that killed a pedestrian ... which may have been partially captured on a TikTok live stream, TMZ has learned ... the incident went down November 3 in Zion, Illinois, a suburb north of Chicago.
Zion PD tells TMZ ... officers responded to a local intersection for a crash involving a 2015 Ford Edge and a pedestrian identified as 59-year-old Darren Lucas. According to police, the driver -- an unidentified 43-year-old woman -- called 911 and remained at the scene, speaking with investigators.
A Florida SWAT team had an arrest fall right into their lap, literally ... because a barricaded suspect hiding in his attic fell through the ceiling and into a sea of deputies ... and it's all on video.
Check out this footage out of Sebastian, FL ... where a SWAT team and crisis negotiators were called in to capture a man with a long rap sheet who was wanted for allegedly driving a stolen car.
The Indian River County Sheriff's Office says the guy who comes crashing out of his ceiling into the waiting arms of SWAT officers is 37-year-old Keith Rodgers ... and he'd barricaded himself in his home and taken refuge in the attic after deputies confronted him about driving a truck that was reported stolen.
A man’s behind bars after going full GTA in Chicago ... stealing an ambulance, plowing into cars, and injuring multiple people ... and the start of the chase was caught on camera!
A patient at Loretto Hospital reportedly ran up to the ambulance parked at the hospital, got into the driver's seat and took off. Check out the video ... the ambulance slams straight into a cop car before driving away ... followed seconds later by gunshots and a swarm of police cruisers with smoking tires in hot pursuit.
A man stole an ambulance in Chicago over the weekend, injuring multiple people and smashing into cars.
The “Civilian Office of Police Accountability” is now investigating the officer who fired his weapon, and he’s been placed on administrative duty.
Chicago Police later confirmed an officer fired at the suspect, but no one was hit. A paramedic sitting in the passenger seat of the ambulance jumped out of the vehicle a couple blocks away.
Kris Jenner's 70th birthday party was so wild it had the neighbors calling police ... 'cause TMZ has learned cops were called to Jeff Bezos' mansion after multiple noise complaints from her star-studded party.
We're told by people who were at the party that cops were dispatched to Bezos and Lauren Sánchez's $165 million Beverly Hills estate Saturday night after nearby residents reported loud music and disturbances echoing through the hills. We're told police spoke with security and issued a warning.
Our sources say the noise was off the charts because Bruno Marsperformed live at the party, and the crowd went absolutely nuts.
11/8 2:35 PM PT -- Diddy's family -- which runs his official X account -- has released the following statement unequivocally denying our story.
3:38 PM PT -- Diddy’s family spokesperson Juda Engelmayer tells TMZ ... "Mr. Combs is in his first week at FCI Fort Dix and is focused on adjusting, working on himself, and doing better each day. As with any high-profile individual in a new environment, there will be many rumors and exaggerated stories throughout his time there—most of them untrue. We ask that people give him the benefit of the doubt, the privacy to focus on his personal growth with grace and purpose."
Diddy's sobriety journey took a detour in lockup this week ... TMZ has learned he was drinking behind bars and got in some trouble with prison officials.
Sources with knowledge tell TMZ ... Diddy had some homemade alcohol in Fort Dix, the low-security prison where he's doing time. We're told the alcohol is made of Fanta, sugar and apples, which inmates give two weeks to ferment into an alcoholic substance.
We're told Diddy got caught by jail officials and prison officials planned to move him from his old unit into a new one. Two sources tell TMZ prison officials have now reversed their decision and Diddy will stay put.
The search is over for missing College of Charleston student Owen Kenney, as police have confirmed they found his body.
The Charleston Police Department recovered Kenney's body Saturday morning after receiving a call around 8:45 AM local time about a body in the water near Patriots Point in South Carolina.
The Charleston County Coroner’s Office was able to confirm the identity of the body, police say.
Cops in North Carolina can apparently beat the crap out of a suspect on video and go to work like nothing happened ... because that's what is playing out right now in Greensboro.
Folks are outraged over a clip that's going viral ... it shows at least three officers using force on a Black man they have pinned to the ground, and it looks like one cop has a knee near the man's neck.
A Greensboro Police Department spokesperson tells TMZ ... the officers in the video remain on active duty.
Sometimes you flip the bird, sometimes the bird flips you -- almost -- as a German cop found out while rescuing an angry swan from a busy road recently.
According to local media outlet Sudwestrundfunk, the bird-brained subject was reported to be darting in and out of traffic, making the road extremely dangerous for drivers ... and itself.
In a viral video, the policewoman can be seen stepping in to save the swan from the precarious situation, but the waterfowl wasn't having it. Still, the hissing and menacing posturing didn't deter the officer from her swan song.
The single mother who fatally shot one of the escaped monkeys in her Mississippi back yard did nothing wrong despite the primate showing no signs of aggression, according to Jasper County Sheriff Randy Johnson.
Sheriff Johnson tells TMZ ... he does not believe the woman who pulled the trigger -- Jessica Bond Ferguson-- broke any laws even though the primate was just minding its own business while hanging out in her backyard.
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Video shows the monkey falling to the ground from its perch after getting hit with a single gunshot fired by Ferguson.
Demi Lovato's ex-fiancé Max Ehrich was put under another psychiatric hold after fans grew concerned, again, about his alarming behavior online over the weekend ... TMZ has learned.
Max tells TMZ ... he was taken by ambulance to a mental health facility in southeast Florida on Saturday after his Instagram followers raised red flags to police over a string of provocative photos and erratic posts on his social media. He says some of his fans feared he was suffering a nervous breakdown, and they alerted authorities.
We're told cops responded to his parents' home, met with Max, and determined he needed further evaluation ... so he was transported by ambulance for psychiatric assessment under Florida's Baker Act. He remained at the facility for 72 hours.
