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Jax Taylor hit a car in Los Angeles traffic yesterday ... admitting he got into a fender-bender and left the scene after supposedly seeing no damage to the vehicle or injuries to the people in the car.

Here's the deal ... a woman named Michelle West posted to Nextdoor Thursday morning claiming her boyfriend was stopped at a red light in Valley Village -- a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley of L.A. -- when a vehicle ran into the back of his car.

West says her BF chased the vehicle driven by "The Valley" star to a nearby gas station ... where a paparazzo took photos and video of a man who appears to be Jax chatting with another person in the aftermath of the accident.

Travel nightmare for a man flying out of Dallas ... he got shot with a Taser and arrested after being barred from boarding his flight ... and the intense police interaction is all on video.

The incident went down Wednesday night at Dallas Love Field airport, and the footage picks up with the thwarted traveler on his knees in the middle of the terminal, holding his hands up as three cops close in.

In the video, the guy hurls expletives at police ... telling them not to get near him and egging them on when one Dallas police officer pulls out his Taser.

8:23 AM PT -- Boulder police have responded to disparaging comments from John Ramsey, telling TMZ in a statement ... "The killing of JonBenét was an unspeakable crime and this tragedy has never left our hearts. This investigation will always be a priority for the Boulder Police Department.”

The department is "committed to following up on every lead and we are continuing to work with DNA experts and our law enforcement partners around the country until this tragic case is solved."

John Ramsey remains hopeful that some significant changes in the police department could help catch his daughter JonBenét's killer ... while blasting how law enforcement mishandled the case over the past 28 years.

Kim Zolciak and Kroy Biermann's most recent call to cops started when she allegedly tried to take a bunch of stuff from the house ... sparking verbal arguments between the two.

TMZ has obtained the incident report from police ... with officers saying they arrived at the house Monday and found Kim waiting, who they say asked them to stand by while she gathered some belongings from their shared Georgia mansion.

Milton Police say they told Zolciak to grab essential items and quickly leave the home ... explaining they couldn't wait around all day while KZ moved out.

Kim Zolciak and Kroy Biermann got into a tense exchange at their Georgia mansion ... and cops had to intervene.

Law enforcement sources tell TMZ ... police responded to Kim and Kroy's home Monday after someone called 911 and reported an argument.

Our sources say the responding officers spoke to Kim and Kroy and determined it was just a verbal exchange ... and there was no physical altercation involved.

Cops in Colorado made a shocking discovery while searching a car during a traffic stop ... a used dildo!!!

Body cam footage from the Montrose Police Department shows the moment officers rummaging through a vehicle find a sex toy among a pile of mattresses, pillows and blankets ... and their reaction is hilarious.

In the video, obtained by TMZ, you see one of the cops toss the dildo to the side, then pick it up and show it to his fellow officers ... waving the sex toy around like a wand and laughing. One officer sticks the unit to the side of the car by its suction-cup.

The suspect accused of murdering Laken Riley had no answers for the scratches and marks on his arm, it's been revealed in court -- where gut-wrenching body cam audio was also heard, of a cop desperately trying to save the nursing student’s life in February.

The trial continued in Athens, Georgia, on Monday, with the court viewing body cam footage of Jose Ibarra -- an undocumented Venezuelan immigrant -- pointing at his arms and wrist while chatting in Spanish with a University of Georgia police officer.

Cpl. Rafael Sayan testified Ibarra first claimed there was nothing on his arm -- but then switched it up, pointing at his wrist and saying, “Oh, it’s just a scratch.”

The concerning videos that former NBA player Kyle Singler has been posting to social media this month have caught the attention of local authorities, TMZ Sports has learned.

A spokesperson for the Medford Police Department in Oregon tells us ... cops "are aware" of the vids Singler's been putting up on his Instagram page this past week -- though the rep did not release any further information.

"We are not going to make any comment on any mental health matter with our citizens," the spokesperson said.

The royal estate where Prince William and Kate Middleton reside with their children faced a burglary back in October ... local police confirm.

Windsor Castle, one of many estates owned by King Charles III, and where William, Kate and their kids have their primary residence, was burglarized last month, with 2 suspects breaking onto the grounds and stealing 2 vehicles.

Thames Valley Police shared with NBC News Monday that a reported burglary occurred "at a property on Crown Estate land" on Sunday, October 13 ... the suspects made their way onto the royal land at 11:45 PM local time.

Kim Kardashian hasn't learned her lesson about her tricked-out vehicles ... the SKIMS founder has been hit with a fix-it ticket while cruising on PCH.

Law enforcement sources tell TMZ ... Kim was driving her new Tesla Cybertruck down the famed coastal highway in Malibu on Thursday, catching the unforgiving eye of an L.A. County sheriff's motor cop on patrol.

Cops proceeded to pull over the reality TV star for having a tinted front windshield ... an offense she was warned about over a decade ago in a different vehicle.

Taylor Swift's getting a big police escort up in Canada and, while some fans say she completely shut down a freeway in the city, we're told that's not true ... she only partially shut it down.

Here's the deal ... T-Swift's up in Toronto for a few "Eras" tour shows -- and, yesterday, video surfaced of the pop star and her team getting Justin Trudeau-level treatment in the city, with cops leading her down an empty highway on the way to her show.

The move pissed off a lot of people in the city ... who posted videos to social media calling Taylor out for totally shutting down the highway and causing traffic jams -- but, cops tell us that isn't exactly the case.

Laken Riley -- the nursing student prosecutors claim was killed by an undocumented immigrant back in February -- may have used her phone to call 911 before she died ... and, the audio is harrowing.

Special Prosecutor Sheila Ross played the call in court in Athens, Georgia Friday ... saying it came in about 8 minutes after Riley began her morning run -- and, captures the sound of her final moments.

There's not much to hear in the actual audio ... just what sounds like heavy breathing and the sound of nature, then some thumping -- before prosecutors say someone on the other end hung up.

Zach Bryan has one less thing to worry about during his roller-coaster year -- he’s officially off the hook after an arrest for obstruction last year.

Craig County, Oklahoma District Attorney's Office spokesperson Michelle Lowry tells TMZ ... prosecutors agreed to defer charging Zach for 6 months in May 2024.

We're told Zach has stayed out of trouble since then and now prosecutors have agreed to drop the case completely.

Patrick Mahomes has taken steps to ensure he's not the victim of a home burglary again ... TMZ Sports has learned he's beefed up security at his massive Missouri property.

Our sources with direct knowledge of the situation tell us in the days after Mahomes' Belton mansion was broken into on Oct. 6 ... the Chiefs star heightened safety measures around his home.

In addition, we're told the gated community that Mahomes lives in also made some security moves ... in an effort to put its members' minds at ease.

Tyreek Hill nearly didn't play in the Dolphins' big win Monday night due to a wrist injury that he says was made significantly worse by the cops who got physical with him during that now-famous September traffic stop in Miami.

The wideout made the revelation to ESPN's Lisa Salters ... just minutes before he was cleared to go in the Fins' "Monday Night Football" matchup with the Rams at SoFi Stadium.

Salters said on the game's broadcast that Hill told her he first sustained the ailment during training camp ... but once Miami-Dade officers ripped him out of his sportscar and threw him in cuffs back on Sept. 8 -- it got much worse.

Jason Tartick experienced a near heart-stopping moment when he walked outside his home to take a call ... only to discover his neighbor sprawled on the ground, bleeding and unable to get up.

"The Bachelorette" alum shared the tale Monday ... his next-door neighbor, Bert, who Jason says is battling stage 4 bone cancer, had been lying on the ground for more than an hour -- and he immediately realized the situation was dire.

Jason says Bert was struggling to move, and also was bleeding from his head.