Crime

12:33 PM PT -- Welp. It turns out Pitino was in a joking mood following the burglary ... 'cause he's now saying he did NOT lose a pricey bottle of juice in the process.

"The 1985 Petrus was a joke🤣🤣," Pitino said minutes ago. "I would never keep that on my desk! Saving that one in a wine cellar to open after the Johnnies go to the final four!"

Very funny, Coach. Very funny.

Rick Pitino is PISSED after a couple of crooks allegedly broke into his St. John's office and jacked some of his keepsakes ... mostly because the haul included a bottle of wine that comes with an eye-popping price tag.

Two men found their way into the legendary coach's Carnesecca Arena quarters around 6 PM on Tuesday ... and snagged "various items" before fleeing the area on a moped, NYPD said in a statement.

According to the NY Post ... $375 in goods -- including memorabilia, a sword, mask and bottles of alcohol -- were taken during the heist. When Pitino broke his silence on the burglary on Thursday, he explained he didn't really care too much about the memorabilia ... but the booze?? That's a different story.

A Florida mom is facing a child abuse charge after she allegedly helped her daughter fight another teen at a bus stop ... while onlookers watched and filmed.

In a video making the rounds online ... cops say 34-year-old Kathryn Stephanopoulos is the woman seen getting into the fray as her teen daughter faces off against another girl.

Rather than break up the fight, it appears that Stephanopoulos puts her daughter's opponent into a headlock ... allowing her daughter to throw more punches.

"Hangover" actress Nathalie Fay is now required to keep her distance from her on-again, off-again boyfriend William Brady ... as she's been hit with a restraining order.

TMZ broke the story ... when the actress -- whose real name is Nathalie Tordion -- was arrested in South Miami, Florida for allegedly punching Brady in the face.

William now wants Nathalie to steer clear of him ... new court documents show she's been ordered to stay at least 500 feet away from her beau, and she's not to contact him through writing, social media, calls -- or any other form of communication.

A group of gunmen got the drop on some unsuspecting people at a gas station ... firing off multiple shots before quickly booking it in newly released surveillance video.

Cops finally released footage from the shooting last year that left a man dead ... and, it begins with a white car pulling into a South L.A. parking lot.

Check out the clip ... two people jump out the back of the car, guns cocked and ready -- and they start shooting, one firing at a car parked next to a gas pump and the other firing at another car and a person sprinting away down the sidewalk.

A woman was viciously thrown into oncoming traffic multiple times ... and the shocking footage has hit the internet, showing just how brutal her ordeal really was.

The video is seriously disturbing, so watch at your own risk -- it shows a man beating, punching and stomping on a woman as she just barely dodges speeding cars in the carpool lane several times on the busy 210 Freeway in Pasadena around 5:30 AM on August 7.

You can see the woman’s fighting for her life against the attacker -- identified by authorities as 33-year-old Juan Pablo Flores -- but he keeps knocking her down to keep up the cold-blooded assault.

Scott Peterson is finally speaking from behind bars ... 20 years after he was convicted of killing his wife, Laci Peterson, and their unborn child.

In the new "Face to Face with Scott Peterson" Peacock doc, the convicted murderer maintains his innocence ... and sticks to his guns about his long-standing theory his pregnant wife Laci was abducted by strangers who were burglarizing a neighboring home.

Scott spoke on camera for the first time from California's Mule Creek State Prison ... detailing his assertions about Laci's death with interviewer Shareen Anderson for the 3-part doc, which digs into alternate theories about Laci’s death.

Thomas Matthew Crooks was casually strolling around the Butler, PA rally just hours before he attempted to assassinate Donald Trump ... new video shows.

Newly uncovered footage recorded at 4:26 PM shows Crooks in his final hours back on July 13 ... walking around the premises without his backpack -- or the rifle he later used in his failed assassination attempt on Trump.

In the footage, he’s seen gazing off into the distance in what was the calm before the storm.

Brooke Mueller had the support of her rarely-seen-in-public twins, Bob and Max ... who helped ring in her birthday just days after her connection to Matthew Perry's ketamine investigation surfaced.

Charlie Sheen's ex-wife and their 15-year-old sons came together for a pic to celebrate her 47th birthday bash at her mother Moira Fiore and stepfather Jon Fiore's Beverly Hills home Saturday.

Brooke was in full-on doting mama mode ... talking about how grateful she was for her kids, according to the Daily Mail.

George Santos, who was expelled from Congress after being charged with nearly two dozen crimes, cut a deal with federal prosecutors, pleading guilty to two counts instead.

Santos reached the deal Monday ... pleading guilty to aggravated identity theft and wire fraud ... according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York.

The plea deal comes a few weeks before Santos was set to stand trial in New York ... and while the deal likely means there will be no trial, it remains to be seen how the judge will treat George at the sentencing.

Taylor Swift seemingly went out of her way to give 2 young victims of the Southport stabbing an "Enchanted" evening ... taking time away from her "Eras" tour to meet with them.

The pop star and her mother, Andrea Swift, appeared to have a meet and greet with the young victims while in London for her 5 sold-out nights at Wembley Stadium.

Both Taylor and her mother scooped the young girls up in hugs, and posed for several photos backstage ... where one fan notably had a bandage on her arm with the singer's lyric, "You drew stars around my scars," written on top.

Soap opera/social media star Jessica Serfaty's learning just how invasive tech can be ... after finding out someone's been tracking her every move with a secretly-placed Apple AirTag.

Law enforcement sources tell TMZ, Jessica -- who plays Sloan-Petersen Brady on "Days Of Our Lives" -- was hanging out in Malibu when her phone pinged her about the AirTag in her Range Rover.

We're told Jessica was immediately concerned, because she hadn't put any such device in her SUV, nor had she seen one. She worried someone had stashed it in her car -- perhaps in the engine compartment -- to keep tabs on her.

J.D. Vance's attacks on Kamala Harris ain't slowing down ... in fact, he's going even harder on the VP -- likening her to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The Republican candidate for vice president made the controversial remark on "Fox News Sunday" ... starting in on Harris' economic record given soaring inflation during her time as vice president.

Vance says handing over the reins of economic policy to Harris is like having Epstein come up with human trafficking policy ... adding the American people know better than to believe Harris.

There have been arrests in the murder of "General Hospital" star Johnny Wactor ... TMZ has learned 3 people have been arrested and booked on murder charges.

TMZ broke the story ... LAPD swooped in early Thursday and executed multiple arrest and search warrants in connection with the shooting death of the soap opera star.

We're told the LAPD now has in custody 3 members of the Florencia 13 gang for murder, and one gang member has been arrested on charges of being an accessory.

The two doctors charged in connection with Matthew Perry's death are being investigated by the Medical Board of California, but they haven't had their licenses suspended ... at least not yet.

Dr. Mark Chavez and Dr. Salvador Plasencia are the two physicians charged with illegally conspiring to supply ketamine to the late "Friends" star.

The State's Medical Board tells TMZ ... they are aware of the criminal charges against Dr. Chavez and Dr. Plasencia and are investigating the matter.

"General Hospital" star Johnny Wactor's murder case has been solved, at least according to cops, because cops have served search warrants early Thursday and are in the process of making "multiple arrests" ... TMZ has learned.

LAPD has ID'd members of the Florencia 13 gang in connection with Johnny's murder outside Level 8 in downtown L.A., where he worked.

We're told fingerprints found at the scene helped crack the case.

A Florida couple was attacked by masked gunmen outside their home after winning a sizable casino jackpot ... and, their home security cam caught the whole scene on video.

Kim Chambliss and her BF Val Delacruz came back from a date night at the Seminole Hard Rock Casino in Tampa, Florida ... when two men ran up to them, guns drawn and demanding money.

Check out the video ... Kim's shot in the calf but was able to slip inside the door, away from danger. Meanwhile, Val lays prone on the doorstep, nursing an injury to one of his legs while the first man comes up to him with a huge pistol in his hand.