Suge Knight arrested for assault with a a deadly weapon
Marion “Suge” Knight was arrested in Los Angeles on Thursday for assault with a deadly weapon, police said.
Knight, 45, who co-founded Death Row Records in the 1990s and helped launch rap acts like Snoop Dogg and Tupac Shakur, was pulled over by police early on Thursday. Local TV station KABC broadcast video of Knight being handcuffed next to his white Cadillac SUV.
Knight, 45, was charged with assault with a deadly weapon involving a firearm and with driving under a suspended license, Los Angeles police told CNN.
According to investigators, an unidentified man reported that Knight aimed a weapon at him late Wednesday evening.
Knight, who co-founded Death Row Records, was later found driving a Cadillac Escalade in the city of Gardena, in the greater Los Angeles area, police said. He was arrested without incident just after midnight, authorities said.
Knight was booked at the Los Angeles Police Department Metropolitan Jail and remained in jail early Thursday afternoon in lieu of $60,000 bail, authorities said.
The investigation continues, Los Angeles Police spokeswoman April Harding said.
Knight has had previous run-ins with the law. He served several years in prison for violating parole on assault and weapons convictions.
Knight, who sold Death Row Records in 2008, served time behind bars in 1997 and 2003 for parole violations stemming from assault charges. He was arrested in Las Vegas in 2008 on drug and assault charges but later cleared.
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