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Police were called to Ray J's Los Angeles area home over the weekend for an alleged domestic violence incident ... TMZ has learned.

Law enforcement sources tell TMZ ... the LAPD received a call around 2 AM Saturday for a battery domestic violence report at the residence. We're told the alleged suspect was an ex-partner -- a 30-year-old Persian female wearing yellow.

Our sources say officers responded to the scene to investigate, but when they arrived, neither party involved was willing to speak with cops. According to our sources, without a cooperating victim or witness, officers were unable to move forward and ultimately cleared the scene.

The "American Idol" alum charged with murdering his wife allegedly shot her inside their Ohio home while their two children slept in another room, according to a new report.

Caleb Flynn was arrested Thursday on charges of murder, assault and tampering with evidence in connection with the fatal shooting of his wife Ashley in their Tipp City home, just north of Dayton, police said. 

The Dayton Daily News obtained a police affidavit, stating the couple's two daughters were home at the time of the shooting, but did not wake up and were still in their bedroom when police arrived on scene. The family's two Goldendoodles were also in the house during the shooting, according to the affidavit.

Police say Caleb shot Ashley in the head but tried to cover up the murder by trying to make it look like a fatal home invasion burglary. Cops found Ashley in bed with at least one gunshot wound to the head and two spent shells on the floor nearby, the docs say.

'Real Housewives of Orange County' alum Meghan King accused her ex-husband Jim Edmonds of leaking her cell phone to sex workers to harass her years ago ... something she mentioned to cops while reporting recent harassing phone threats from an unknown person -- but a rep for Jim adamantly denies the claim.

According to a Kirkwood Police Department report, Meghan drove to the station in Missouri in September 2025 to report alleged threatening phone calls she'd been getting.

Meghan told an officer she'd been receiving consistent calls from an unknown person threatening to hurt her and her kids. Meghan claimed she was getting the calls for the past 2 months ... but said it had gotten increasingly worse over the prior 2 days. She told the officer the person had been making “crazed overt threats” and making less and less sense.

It's certainly not the headshot that's going to help land him his next role ... but Shia LaBeouf does have a new mug shot.

The photo of a dejected Shia was released by New Orleans authorities on Friday ... and was snapped after his arrest earlier this week, before he was charged with two counts of simple battery.

As TMZ reported ... the "Transformers" star was spotted having a little too much fun at Mardi Gras before getting beaten up outside a French Quarter bar -- and then arrested.

Eminem’s ex-wife, Kim Scott, told cops she drank two margaritas at Chili's prior to her DUI arrest ... this according to the police report from the incident.

Per the report, obtained by TMZ, officers in Michigan responded to the scene after a neighbor called about a white Range Rover crashing into their car – and then fleeing the scene this week.

The neighbor told the cop the Range Rover was parked at a home nearby. The officer went over to the home and says Kim answered the door. According to the report, she admitted the Range Rover was hers and that she had used it recently.

“I know what this is about,” Kim told the officer. Cops say she admitted to hitting the truck that was parked on the side of the road but said “another car” had caused her to collide with the car.

She told the police she planned to go back to the scene later. When asked if she had any drinks that night, cops say Kim told them she had two margaritas at Chili’s.

Darius McCrary won't be sentenced for missing a court appearance related to his failure to pay child support until next year ... but, even when he does, it sounds like one of his kids holds no ill will toward him.

The judge in McCrary's case ruled sentencing will take place January 25, 2027. The judge ordered McCrary to stay away from firearms, maintain employment, and not to try and contact the woman in this case for the next 11 months.

McCrary' son Zechariah sat in court Friday morning ... he apparently didn't want to speak but he did write a letter to the judge indicating he's not a victim.

We are learning more about the circumstances surrounding the death of rapper Lil Poppa ... and it's pretty shocking.

TMZ broke the news ... the rapper -- real name Janarious Mykel Wheeler -- was pronounced dead yesterday in Georgia at the age of 25.

Hapeville Chief of Police Bruce Hedley tells TMZ ... Lil Poppa was in a single-car accident on Interstate 85 south of Hapeville ... which is when he called his manager asking what he should do. The car was still drivable.

The search to locate Nancy Guthrie's kidnapper is being looked at through a new lens ... it's not about tips or what we've seen of the abductor on camera ... it's about finding someone who fits that description -- who has been missing for 3 weeks.

Law enforcement sources connected to the investigation tell TMZ ... they want people -- especially in the Tucson area -- to think about who has gone MIA for the last 3 weeks, and there's now a fair amount of information that could help ID the kidnapper.

The man is somewhere between 5'9" and 5'10" with an average build and facial hair -- a mustache or a goatee/beard. If the ransom letters TMZ received are authentic, he's smart and very tech-savvy. Authorities believe he lives in the Tucson area.

The kidnapper has an Ozark Trail Hiker backpack, a coat we believe is an Athletic Works Fusion Knit jacket, a polyester holster, and a semi-automatic handgun.

Tawnia McGeehan -- who allegedly killed her 11-year-old daughter Addi Smith in an apparent murder-suicide -- was plagued by "mean" texts from other parents on her daughter's cheerleading team, according to a new report.

According to The New York Post, Tawnia's mom, Connie, believes Tawnia had issues with some of the other moms on the team that had been boiling over.

Connie told The Post ... "There's one or two ladies that she never got along with, and it got really bad a month ago. In the last comp they had, another girl got dropped and some of the moms were saying it was because of Addi. They were texting [Tawnia] mean stuff and blaming Addi."

The Pima County Sheriff's Department is the subject of a hit reality TV show ... but, don't expect to see any of the Nancy Guthrie investigation featured on the show.

Here's the deal ... last year, an A&E camera crew filmed the first season of the show "Desert Law" -- currently being rolled out on the channel -- which followed deputies from the department. Sheriff Chris Nanos doesn't appear on the program.

Production sources tell us ... they have not been filming "Desert Law" during the Nancy Guthrie investigation. The show has been in the can for quite a while, and they're not looking to do reshoots.

Nancy Guthrie's kidnapper could be identified from DNA left at the crime scene in Arizona, according to Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos.

Nanos sat down for a "TODAY" show interview Wednesday about the Guthrie case and, at one point, discussed the DNA found at Nancy's home in Tucson.

The sheriff said, "We believe we may have some DNA there that may be our suspect, but we won't know that until that DNA is separated, sorted out."

Cops were called out to Shia LaBeouf's Los Angeles area home more than once prior to his breakup with Mia Goth ... according to police records obtained by TMZ.

Docs show that authorities showed up to the home belonging to Shia for calls involving a disturbance of the peace and an alleged stalking incident.

According to the records, in November 2024, a call was logged for a "husband and wife" disturbance of the peace, where an "uncooperative female" was repeatedly heard on the 911 call saying "just go" -- stating she was trying to get her husband to leave.

Sounds like another big swing and miss in the Nancy Guthrie investigation ... because the folks whose Arizona home was raided by a SWAT team say they have nothing to do with her abduction.

An Arizona man named Luke Daley was the subject of two search warrants issued and served Friday in relation to the Guthrie case ... according to his attorney, Chris Scileppi. For context, people online were accusing Luke of being a suspect

Luke's attorney tells TMZ Luke and his mother were both detained by law enforcement while the search warrants were being executed ... they were not arrested, Luke has no link whatsoever to Nancy, and he has no info related to her kidnapping.

Anyone suddenly feel the urge to confess to their crimes? Because one glimpse of this hunky cop had us checking the comments for backup ... and yep, turns out everyone else was guilty of felony-level thirst too!

Not sure if this was a strategic move to boost the Burbank Police Department’s IG or just a lucky snap, but Officer Parks had the public fully detained ... and that’s saying a lot, because even the adorable pups in the pic couldn’t steal his spotlight.

The caption said the dogs greeted him during a routine call ... but LBR, between the crisp uniform, lethal dimples, and hair slicked with military precision, this was less public service and more public seduction.

The FBI has reached out to authorities in Mexico, in the hunt for Nancy Guthrie and her kidnapper, TMZ has learned ... and TMZ has received a new ransom note.

Law enforcement sources involved in the investigation tell us ... the FBI has contacted Mexican federal law enforcement to spread the word to various police agencies. We're told so far there have been no solid leads.

Our sources say the FBI believes it's possible Nancy was taken across the border, but it's unlikely it happened directly after the kidnapping. Authorities have checked Border Patrol cameras and other electronic devices, and they came up dry. That said, our sources say it's possible Nancy could have been taken across the border at some other time. Of course, there are ways to evade authorities when crossing the border.

TMZ has obtained another ransom note -- this one a highly sophisticated demand involving a cryptocurrency other than bitcoin. The email demands a dollar amount similar to the $6 million ransom demand in the previous email we received, days after the kidnapping. This email graphically describes the consequences if the ransom isn't paid.

The FBI came up dry on its DNA test of the glove found 2 miles from Nancy Guthrie's home, but TMZ has learned the agency is now doing genealogy testing, which has become a powerful tool in catching criminals.

The DNA on the glove did not get a hit from CODIS -- the database that profiles nearly 27 million people convicted of various crimes -- but genealogy testing is far broader. They're also analyzing DNA evidence found at Nancy's house.

The big companies -- 23andMe and Ancestry.com -- do not cooperate with law enforcement for privacy reasons. But smaller companies work with law enforcement, so it's another avenue for the FBI to pursue.