Heavily armed federal agents rammed down the door of actor Timothy Busfieldโs upstate New York home in a dramatic raid on Tuesday โ less than an hour after he turned himself in to police in Albuquerque on child ๐๐๐ ๐ช๐ซ๐พ๐ผ๐ฎ charges, according to a report.
At least 10 US Marshalโs officers from the New York Regional Fugitive Task Force busted through the front door with a battering ram at the โWest Wingโ starโs residence in Highland Lake, about 20 minutes from the Pennsylvania border in the Catskill Mountains, the Daily Mail reported.
The officers, wearing helmets and armed with ๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐๐๐ rifles and riot gear, searched inside the house for about 10 minutes but found nobody inside. They then moved to the rear of the property and searched an RV parked there and an outhouse, according to the outlet.
Busfieldโs mugshot released by police after he turned himself in on Jan. 13, 2026.Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center/AFP via Getty Images
Timothy Busfield and his wife, Melissa Gilbert, at the Monte-Carlo Television Festival on June 20, 2023.AFP via Getty Images
They did not appear to take anything with them when they left the property about 20 minutes after arriving.
Less than an hour before the New York raid some 2,000 miles away, Busfield had turned himself in to the Albuquerque Police Department after cops alleged he engaged in unlawful ๐๐๐๐๐๐ conduct with 11-year-old twin boys while directing the Fox show โThe Cleaning Ladyโ in 2024.
Tim Busfield with his wife Melissa Gilbert in an undated Instagram post.Tim Busfield / Instagram
The โField of Dreamsโ actor has denied the accusations, maintaining that he โdid not do anything to those little boysโ in a video message his lawyer shared with TMZ.
Melissa Gilbert outside what appears to be her home.@officialmodernprairie/Instagram
โThey are all lies and I did not do anything to those little boys,โ the 68-year-old said. โAnd Iโm going to fight it. Iโm going to fight it with a great team, and Iโm going to be exonerated. I know I am because this is all so wrong and all lies.โ
The Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico.BACKGRID
Busfield, who is married to former child actress Melissa Gilbert, faces two counts of criminal misconduct against a minor โ one for each child โ according to a warrant issued on Friday by New Mexico police.
The alleged ๐ช๐ซ๐พ๐ผ๐ฎ began in 2022, when the boys were 7 years old, according to court documents.
A criminal investigation began in 2024 when a physician notified police about suspected ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ช๐ซ๐พ๐ผ๐ฎ after examining one of the children at the University of New Mexico Hospital, according to the complaint.
Busfieldโs lawyer, Larry Stein, told The Post the disturbing ๐ถ๐๐๐๐๐ถ๐๐พ๐ธ๐๐ were driven by revenge.
Stein claimed the boysโ mother told an actress on the New Mexico set she wanted payback after her sons were cut from the showโs final season.
Attorneys for Warner Bros., which produced โThe Cleaning Lady,โ told police that an earlier independent investigation into the accusations found no evidence to support the claims, the complaint alleged.