Jussie Smollett Indicted for Felony by Grand Jury ... Filing False Police Report

Jussie Smollett has just been indicted for a felony … filing a false police report, and the stakes are 3 years in prison.
A Cook County Grand Jury handed down the indictment late Wednesday, after grand jurors heard testimonies and evaluated evidence. 
We’re told Ola and Abel Os...
Jussie Smollett Indicted for Felony by Grand Jury ... Filing False Police Report

TMZ Live Jussie Smollett Ready To Talk To Police Again

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NFL"s Takkarist McKinley Detained By Police ... Mental Evaluation

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Atlanta Falcons defensive end Takkarist McKinley was detained by police in L.A. on Tuesday and is undergoing a mental evaluation following an incident at a hotel … TMZ Sports has learned. 
McKinley was with a friend at a high-end hotel around noon when something happened and the ...
NFL"s Takkarist McKinley Detained By Police ... Mental Evaluation

LAPD Trolls Kansas City Police Dept. After Chargers Rob Chiefs

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POLICE BEEF!!!!
The Kansas City P.D. was talking all sorts of crap about the Chargers before they took on the Chiefs Thursday night. 
So, when K.C. choked away the game, the LAPD decided to rub some salt in the wound. 
It all started before the big “Thursday Night F...
LAPD Trolls Kansas City Police Dept. After Chargers Rob Chiefs

LAPD Trolls Kansas City Police Dept. After Chargers Rob Chiefs

Breaking News
POLICE BEEF!!!!
The Kansas City P.D. was talking all sorts of crap about the Chargers before they took on the Chiefs Thursday night. 
So, when K.C. choked away the game, the LAPD decided to rub some salt in the wound. 
It all started before the big “Thursday Night F...
LAPD Trolls Kansas City Police Dept. After Chargers Rob Chiefs

Ex-Michigan State Prez Charged with Lying to Police About Nassar Investigation

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Ex-Michigan State president Lou Anna Simon has been charged with lying to cops to cover up the Larry Nassar scandal … and now she’s facing years behind bars.
The ex-prez has been charged with 2 felony and 2 misdemeanor counts after an investigation determined she lied...
Ex-Michigan State Prez Charged with Lying to Police About Nassar Investigation

Ex-Michigan State Prez Charged with Lying to Police About Nassar Investigation

Breaking News
Ex-Michigan State president Lou Anna Simon has been charged with lying to cops to cover up the Larry Nassar scandal … and now she’s facing years behind bars.
The ex-prez has been charged with 2 felony and 2 misdemeanor counts after an investigation determined she lied...
Ex-Michigan State Prez Charged with Lying to Police About Nassar Investigation

Jay-Z"s "99 Problems" Triggers Police Response for Dom. Violence Call

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Ever blurted out Jay-Z‘s famous lyric to “99 Problems”? Bet it’s never resulted in cops pointing guns at you … ‘cause that’s EXACTLY what happened to one man in Tennessee.
Davon Eddington tells TMZ … he was in his backyard last week in Sp...
Jay-Z"s "99 Problems" Triggers Police Response for Dom. Violence Call

Jay-Z"s "99 Problems" Triggers Police Response for Dom. Violence Call

EXCLUSIVE
Ever blurted out Jay-Z‘s famous lyric to “99 Problems”? Bet it’s never resulted in cops pointing guns at you … ‘cause that’s EXACTLY what happened to one man in Tennessee.
Davon Eddington tells TMZ … he was in his backyard last week in Sp...
Jay-Z"s "99 Problems" Triggers Police Response for Dom. Violence Call

Thousand Oaks Shooting Kills 11 Bar Patrons, Police Sergeant

There has been another mass shooting in America.

Around 11:20 p.m. on Wednesday night, an unnamed assailant dressed entirely in black walked into the Borderline Bar & Grill in Thousand Oaks, California and opened fire with a handgun.

According to the latest information from Ventura County Sheriff Geoff Dean, 11 victims were found dead inside of the establishment, while a 12th victim has been identified as Ron Helus.

Helus was a Ventura sheriff’s sergeant who responded to 911 calls from the bar and who entered with the intention of stopping the shooter.

He was killed for his heroic effort.

Holden Harrah, a 21-year old who was was among the hundreds inside listening to music Wednesday night as a part of a college night event, spoke to The Los Angeles Times about what she witnessed.

She told the newspaper that the shooter walk in the front door wearing a black hat, glasses and a black shirt. He also had a beard, she said, adding:

“He just pulled out a gun and shot my friend that was working the front desk,” he said.

Harrah managed to run out a side door and made his way outside.

“I heard more gunshots behind me. I was freaking out,” he said.

Authorities have not yet released the name of the shooter, who was also found dead inside the bar.

However, a a law enforcement source told The Times that he was 29-year-old armed with a Glock .45 handgun and some knd of smoke device.

He is believed to be a resident of Newbury Park and he drove his mother’s car to the establishment.

Approximately 10 others were shot, but not killed, the Associated Press reports.

Dean told reporters in a press conference that the surviving victims inside the bar had “different levels of injury” and were transported to local hospitals.

“It’s a horrific scene in there,” Dean said. “There is blood everywhere and the suspect is part of that.”

He added that police think the suspect acted alone.

“It’s part of the horrors that are happening in our country and everywhere,” Dean also told reporters. “I think it’s impossible to put any logic or sense to the senseless,” he continued.

“This community in my 41 years had never experienced anything like this.”

Authorities report that the man was heavily tattooed, but apparently didn’t have identification on him.

His gun was purchased in Ventura County.

Helus died as a 29-year veteran of the department.

He was planning to retire next year and is survived by a son and his wife, whom he called before entering the bar, Dean said.

The attack was the deadliest mass shooting in the United States since 17 students and teachers were killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, in February.

This tragedy came less than two weeks after a man killed 11 people at a synagogue in Pittsburgh.

UPDATE:

The gunman has been identified as a 29-year old former U.S. Marine named Ian Long.

It is believed to have used a .45 caliber handgun with an “extended magazine,” authorities state, and that he shot himself.

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Hayden Panettiere Drunk and Frantic According to New Police Report

Hayden Panettiere answered the door to police last month in an apparent drunk and frantic state after her new beau got into an altercation with his dad … according to cops. TMZ has obtained a police report from the Greenville…

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T.I."s Melania Trump Look-alike Reports New Death Threat, Police Investigating

T.I.’s Melania Trump look-alike is dealing with a brand new death threat … one so frightening, it’s pushed her over the edge and now police are involved. Melanie Marden went to the West Hollywood Sheriff’s Station Sunday night to report an…

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Antonio Brown to Police, Someone Stole $80,000 and My Gun!

It’s becoming clear why Antonio Brown freaked out and threw furniture off his 14th story balcony — the NFL superstar had told police someone jacked $ 80,000 cash and a gun from his apartment!!  TMZ Sports has obtained multiple police reports…

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Cardi B to Turn Herself In To Police For Criminal Charges Over Strip Club Fight

Cardi B will turn herself into police Monday … and she will be ordered to appear in court in connection with a strip club fight. Sources familiar with the case tell TMZ, Cardi will be charged for allegedly ordering an attack on 2 bartenders at…

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Yasiel Puig"s Fourth Home Burglary Triggers Big Police Presence in Neighborhood

If Dodgers slugger Yasiel Puig’s house is hit by burglars again … it won’t be because of a lack of effort by cops. Law enforcement sources tell TMZ … cops have significantly increased their presence in the San Fernando Valley area where Puig’s…

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Mac Miller: Home Cleaned, Purged of All Drugs After Reported Overdose, Police Believe

On Friday, the world lost a great talent. Mac Miller passed away at 26 of an apparent drug overdose.

Police seem confident that Miller died of an overdose, but when they searched his home for drugs, they found almost nothing.

They believe that someone or several someone’s cleaned Miller’s home, removing all evidence of drug use, before they had a chance to investigate.

According to TMZ‘s law enforcement sources, Mac Miller’s home was swept for drugs, which were all removed in the immediate aftermath of Miller’s passing.

Police believe this for three reasons.

One, police were unable to find any drugs in the home of a man who is believed to have died from an overdose — a man who is known for substance abuse problems.

Two, police have apparently spoken to a number of people who were in Miller’s orbit, which apparently made them more certain that his home was “tidied.”

Three, they very reasonably have a hard time imagining that Miller removed all drugs from his home before his alleged overdose.

Not only did the police search fail to find drugs (for the most part), they also didn’t turn up any pill bottles or drug paraphernalia.

(Plenty of homes of people with no substance abuse problems have old pill bottles lying around at the back of a cabinet somewhere, so that’s definitely odd)

Apparently police did find a “tiny” amount of white powder.

It’s unknown who may have cleaned Miller’s home for him, though people were at his house on Thursday night as well as on Friday when someone called 9-1-1.

Police report that no one has said that they saw Miller alive after Thursday night.

It is entirely possible that someone thought that they were doing Miller or his loved ones a favor by scrubbing his house clean of evidence of his drug use.

For all that we know, he may have asked a friend to do just this if he ever overdosed.

Worst case scenario, however, he appears to have overdosed because of some flaw with the drugs in his possession, and someone took everything so that his death could not be traced to them.

We hope not, but that is precisely the reason that law enforcement needs to be able to look at all of the evidence when someone dies.

You might think that you’re doing someone a favor, but you may just leave their grieving loved ones with more questions and less closure.

Miller was found unresponsive in his Studio City home at around noon on Friday, September 7.

A friend called 9-1-1, asking for immediate assistance for a patient in cardiac arrest.

Tragically, Miller was pronounced dead at the scene by emergency medical responders. He had been scheduled for a video shoot later that very day.

Miller’s history of substance abuse was no secret. Earlier this year, Mac Miller’s DUI hit-and-run resulted in his arrest.

Years ago, Miller opened up about his substance abuse issues through music, admitting to an addiction to a combination of promethazine and codeine known as “purple drank.”

Mac Miller’s death is absolutely tragic. Unfortunately, the narrative that immediately followed his passing has also been heartbreaking.

Awful trolls blamed Ariana Grande for his death.

Suggesting that she should never have broken up with him, or at least not found happiness when she moved on, people actually sought to fault his ex.

In reality, Miller’s substance abuse problem was a huge factor in Ariana’s decision to break up with him in the first place.

The right narrative is that it’s tragic for such a talented young man to die at 26.

Addiction is almost certainly to blame.

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We hope that investigators, even working without all of the evidence that they might like, will be able to provide closure to Miller’s family, friends, and fans.

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"L&HH" Star Moniece Slaughter Files Police Report Against Princess Love

The raging feud between ‘Love & Hip Hop’ stars Moniece Slaughter and Princess Love has reached a new level … cops have now gotten involved. Law enforcement sources tell TMZ … Moniece filed a police report after she and…

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Nicki Minaj Not Filing Police Report Against Cardi B After Shoe-Throwing Attack

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Tommy Lasorda"s Brother Killed In Car Crash with Police Officer

The younger brother of L.A. Dodgers legend Tommy Lasorda died Thursday night in a major car accident involving a police vehicle.  Officials confirm 83-year-old Joseph Lasorda tried to make a left turn in front of a Boca Raton Police Dept. SUV…

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Asia Argento"s Accuser Jimmy Bennett Will File Sexual Assault Police Report

Asia Argento has just poked the bear, because we’ve learned Jimmy Bennett — who was 17 when he had sex with her — is going to the L.A. County Sheriff’s Dept. to file a sexual assault claim against her and cooperate with the investigation. Bennett,…

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