Crime & Arrests

A Wisconsin teen has an unusual defense for allegedly stabbing his mom to death ... he claims he was inspired to commit the savage crime by the notorious Menendez brothers, who killed their own parents with shotguns.

Racine County prosecutors charged 15-year-old Reed Gelinskey with intentional homicide after the March 4 attack on his mother, Suzanne, in their home in the village of Caledonia, about 20 miles south of Milwaukee. Prosecutors say Reed bashed Suzanne with a dumbbell and stabbed her three times in the chest and twice in the neck, killing her.

According to a criminal complaint, obtained by TMZ, Reed allegedly planned the gruesome murder while watching the shotgun scene in the Menendez brothers' Netflix documentary, "The Menendez Brothers." Reed reportedly referenced the scene that shows the murder of their parents, José and Mary Louise "Kitty" Menendez, when talking to cops.

As you know, Erik and Lyle Menendez wielded shotguns and fatally shot their parents in their Beverly Hills mansion in 1989. After two trials, they were convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison without parole. The brothers are now making a bid to try to get out of prison through resentencing, a commutation or potential parole. They are expected to appear in court for a parole board hearing on June 13.

Trina's husband and "Love & Hip Hop: Miami " costar Benjamin Leon Kearse Jr., AKA Swurv, was recently arrested for battery -- over a punch cops say happened nearly 2 years ago!!!

TMZ Hip Hop obtained the police report detailing Kearse's March 20 arrest in Miami ... according to the docs, a man claimed he was crossing the street back in July 2023 when Kearse's black Dodge Charger stopped abruptly in front of a stop sign, causing his hand to strike Kearse's trunk.

The man told cops Kearse called out to him over it, but when the guy approached the vehicle to explain the situation, he says Kearse grew irate and aggressive and eventually trailed him to a nearby residence.

Owen Hayes, the college baseball player who cops say beat the crap out of an 84-year-old man at a California bar, is no longer enrolled at his university.

Hayes was playing baseball at The Master's University in Santa Clarita, CA up until this week, when he surrendered to authorities at the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station and was booked on a charge of felony assault.

In a statement to TMZ, the school says ... "The individual in question no longer attends The Master's University. The University takes all violations of its standards and biblical convictions seriously."

A rapper with former ties to Big U is happy the Rollin' 60s Neighborhood Crips leader has been locked up on murder and conspiracy charges, and wants him put UNDER the jail ... claiming she's one of his victims.

TMZ Hip Hop recently ran into SKG, a former Death Row artist -- whose name stands for "Suge Knight Girl" -- and she's packing a lot of opinions regarding the Big U RICO charges.

SKG claims Big U was a literal monster to her and the Crenshaw community for years, by allegedly using brute force to extort local businesses.

Yella Beezy is in police custody in Texas, where he's been arrested and hit with a capital murder charge in the death of rapper Mo3 ... TMZ has learned.

The rapper was busted in the Dallas area on Thursday, where he's currently in jail.

According to court documents obtained by TMZ ... Yella is accused of intentionally and knowingly causing the death of Melvin Noble AKA Mo3 on November 11, 2020.

DJ Vlad rebukes the notion his interviews put people in jail ... Big U, Bricc Baby just got locked up on RICO charges, and have done VladTV interviews in the past -- but they don't discuss active cases!!!

TMZ Hip Hop linked with Vlad on Thursday to discuss the sweeping Rollin' 60s Neighborhood Crips takedown ... VladTV is mentioned one time in the federal complaint stemming from the interview Vlad and Adam22 had last year.

Big U sent a cease-and-desist to "No Jumper" to take down an interview that allegedly contained some of the crimes listed on the feds' docs ... and Adam just resurrected the clip.

A teacher from Indiana is facing a series of child sex abuse charges ... and, she allegedly had a very specific sexual scenario she asked the children to act out using replicas of the killers' masks from the "Scream" movie franchise.

Brittany Fortinberry, a 31-year-old former teacher at Eminence High School, is facing a slew of charges -- including child molestation, sexual misconduct with a minor, dissemination of matter harmful to minors, and more -- for allegedly sexually abusing multiple children she met at two different schools last year.

A new court document goes into detail about the alleged sexual activity ... including an incident described as a "gangbang."

A woman in Indiana was arrested after she and her two kids allegedly beat up a student ... and, the fight was seemingly caught on shocking video.

Latea Hentz -- a 36-year-old mother -- and her teenage son and daughter are accused of hopping on a school bus to throw hands with an 8th-grade student they claim was bullying the son.

Watch the clip ... the three people in the vid -- identified by local outlets as Hentz, her 17-year-old daughter and her 13-year-old son -- throw punch after punch at this other student. One person in the fray screams at this kid to never touch her son again.

Erik and Lyle Menendez's family members held another rally to support the incarcerated brothers ... and, it touched on many of the same points they've been making in recent months -- and provided another forum to challenge L.A. County District Attorney Nathan Hochman.

Family representatives for the Justice for Erik and Lyle Coalition spoke outside Hochman's office in Downtown L.A. According to a press release, the group was set to discuss Hochman's "relentless fixation on the past, as he continues to dismiss who Erik and Lyle are today" ... and, they certainly hit on that.

Before the press conference even began, citizens gathered on the street overlooking the area to show support for the brothers ... bringing signs and wearing shirts calling for justice for Erik and Lyle. One even showed a picture of D.A. Hochman with the words "you're the liar" scrawled across his face.

Adam22 is swatting down accusations that his "No Jumper" platform led to the arrests of Big U, Bricc Baby, Luce Cannon ... all familiar faces on his podcasts!!!

According to the federal complaint, several comments and recounts made on the "No Jumper" podcast played a significant part in the sweeping raids that led to 18 arrests of Rollin' 60s Neighborhood Crips members, including Big U, who feds say is the ringleader.

Charges include drug trafficking, conspiracy, firearms offenses and bank fraud ... and feds were tipped off from the loose lips on the podcast mics.

Christopher Crisona -- a contestant on "Family Feud" during Steve Harvey's very first season as host -- has been arrested and charged with child sexual abuse ... TMZ has learned.

Crisona and another man -- Father John Taggart -- have been arrested and charged with several felonies connected to alleged abuse at St. Thomas the Apostle School in Wilmington,  Delaware.

The Delaware Attorney General's Office says Crisona was a teacher at the school for a year and a half back in the mid-1990s before he was removed from his post following a student complaint. Taggart, now 80, is accused of abusing the same individual as the 57-year-old Crisona. The victim was in their 7th and 8th grade years at the school, according to the AG.

An 18-year-old spring breaker landed himself in the slammer after allegedly biting off another young man's ear during a St. Patty's Day brawl that went down on Fort Myers Beach in Florida.

Jack Turner was arrested by the Lee County Sheriff's Office just after midnight on Tuesday after they obtained video that captured the fight -- and the gruesome act that left the victim with his ear detatched from his head.

A police report obtained by TMZ paints the horrific scene ... video reportedly shows the victim -- identified as Juwan Black -- lying face-down in the sand as Turner mounts his back. Turner allegedly strikes Black in the back of the head multiple times with clenched fists before grabbing his hair and pressing his head into the sand, per the report.

Bryan Kohberger posed for an eerie selfie just hours after allegedly murdering four University of Idaho students in 2022.

New court documents reveal a photo of Kohberger smiling with a big thumbs up in front of what appears to be a shower. He is seen wearing a fully buttoned-up shirt along with wireless earbuds in the pic, taken at 10:30 AM on November 13, 2022.

The selfie is being used as a key piece of evidence by prosecutors, who are looking to show jurors the "bushy eyebrows" as described by a surviving roommate who spotted a stranger in the house at the time of the murders.

3/20/25 10:05 AM PT -- A spokesperson for the Bernalillo County prosecutor's office tells TMZ ... the third suspect wanted for murder in the hit-and-run death of a New Mexico man has been arrested. We're also told a pre-teen child will be charged with murder.

Bernalillo County D.A. Communications Director Nancy Laflin tells TMZ ... 11-year-old Messiah Hayes will face a murder charge. New Mexico law prevents a child under 12 years old from being detained in a juvenile facility ... but a child of that age can be charged with murder.

And the third suspect, 16-year-old William Garcia, who police were searching for, was arrested Wednesday night.

Laflin confirmed the three suspects were laughing as they hit the victim on his bicycle, after the video above cuts off.

Two minors have been arrested for murder in a fatal hit-and-run collision caught on camera from inside the car in Albuquerque, N.M. ... and authorities claim these are the boys heard laughing on video before their vehicle mowed down 63-year-old Scott Dwight Habermehl in May 2024.

TMZ obtained the disturbing footage, which authorities believe shows the moments before Johnathan Overbay, William Garcia, and Messiah Hayes decided to strike Habermehl with a stolen car. You can hear someone in the car instructing the driver to "just bump him, brah" and "go like, 15, 20."

The car audibly accelerates and giggles are heard, then the video ends just before the fatal moment. Police say Habermehl was riding his bike to work at about 4:40 AM when he was struck in the dedicated bike lane of the roadway.

The University of Georgia student whose mug shot went viral says guys are moving faster than cops allege she was when they pulled her over ... claiming she's got dozens in her DMs -- ranging from corny young dudes to old creeps.

We spoke with Lily Stewart -- the blonde bombshell who was thrust into the spotlight when a picture of her flashing her pearly whites after her arrest received a ton of attention online ... and, she tells us gross old men and Casanovas are shooting their shot in the DMs.

Among the ones she's received ... Lily says dudes are saying things like they'll pay her bail and adding puns like "Love is fast, let's move fast."

Kylie Jenner's office building served as the nearby backdrop for a police apprehension ... because cops arrested a guy not far from the building, and they drew their guns!!!

Photogs who were camped in the area of Kylie's office hoping for a glimpse of the reality TV star got more than they bargained for Tuesday when a police bust played out right in front of them.

Check out the gallery ... Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies rolled up on a guy on the sidewalk outside Kylie's office and arrested him with their pistols drawn.