Posts Tagged ‘Hip Hop Arrests’

Beanie Sigel arrested for Weed Possession

Beanie Sigel was arrested Sunday after a traffic stop resulted in a search where police found weed in the rapper’s vehicle.

According to Sgt. Julian Castellanos, spokesman for the New Jersey State Police, authorities found just under 50 grams of the substance before arresting the Philly rapper, along with the driver and another passenger. The three were actually en route to Kelly’s Bar in New Jersey where Sigel was set to have a private performance, but clearly that would have to be cancelled without the star of the show.

The others arrested as a result of the incident were Karl S. Dargan, 24, and Justin S. Gaines, 25, who were also charged with possession.
In terms of the music side of things, the State Property leader is still set to be releasing his upcoming project entitled, The Broad Street Bully, which is set for September 1. For those that have seen the tracklist and have found familiar tracks, the album has been dubbed as being a mixtape/album. There have also been rumors that Freeway and Sigel are in the works of releasing a collaborative album.

One thing is for certain if it wasn’t apparent the last go around with The Solution and that is the fact that Sigel may be on his own if Jay has really stepped away so it’s time to put the suit and tie on and get your business together. So, let’s have this be the last mishap and try and keep it positive.

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Flesh N Bone Released from Jail Charges Dropped

Bone Thugs-n-Harmony’s Stanley “Flesh-n-Bone” Howse has officially been released from jail today (June 2) after being arrested and placed behind bars on weapons charges last April.
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The rapper was freed from a California jail Tuesday afternoon.

Stanley Howse, aka Flesh-n-Bone, was just released from a Los Angeles County jail after prosecutors decided to drop parole violation charges — a case that kept him behind bars after he was arrested for gun and pot possession back in April. Flesh was cleared of the gun and drug charges a while ago, but remained behind bars until the parole issue got sorted out — which finally happened this morning.

His felony gun charges were dropped in late April.

“The defense turned over some information, and we investigated and realized we were unable to proceed with the charges as filed, so the judge dismissed the case,” said Jane Robison, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles district attorney’s office. (LA Times)

Flesh’s attorney, Shepard Kopp, also expressed his reaction to the case’s end.

“It vindicates what I’ve said from the start of this case, which is that Mr. Howse did not possess any contraband,” he said. “When you haven’t done anything wrong and you wind up in jail it’s a pretty traumatic event. There’s still a parole hold, and we hope to get that resolved within the next week.”

He was originally arrested in California on gun charges.

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Bubba Sparxxx arrested in Florida for buying Drugs

Bubba Sparxxx has been arrested at  Hooters for buying illegal drugs. The rapper was arrested in Clearwater, Florida after he tried to buy drugs in the presence of an off duty police officer, according to tampabay.com.

An officer searched the rapper and found the narcotic Tranxene, which is legal if you have a prescription. The drug is generally used for individuals that suffer from anxiety. Sparxxx didn’t have permission to use the drug, according to the report.

Sparxxx was arrested and booked on charges related to felony possession of a controlled substance. He was released on Monday on $2,000 bail.

Sparxxx was a rapper affiliated with producer Timbaland.

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TI Going to prison in Arkansas

Hip Hop recording star T.I. is set to turn himself in to authorities toward the end of this month but, not in Georgia as believed T.I will instead spend time in Arkansas for his own protection.

According to a release issued Friday, the “Live Your Life” rapper is due to check-in at Forrest City Arkansas’ low security prison May 26 where he’ll join roughly 1,500 inmates. There the Georgia based rapper will serve time related to federal weapons charges after avoiding a 10 year prison sentence through a combination of community service, house detention and probationary agreements. Word on the streets and in every hood is T.I snitched and or paid off everyone involved in the case to get such a short term to avoid a long prison term. We at HipHopSpy have no opinion, we just know that the average person caught buying that many machine guns from the feds would be locked up for 20 years plus.

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Willie D arrested for I Phone Scam

Willie D has been a celebrated businessman, in addition to his 20-plus year music career. From brokering air travel, to foreign real estate, the Houston, Texas-based rapper has extended his brand beyond writing hits for The Geto Boys and numerous acclaimed solo albums, many released on Rap-A-Lot Records in the early ’90s.

Today, The Houston Press reported that the political gangsta rapper was arrested for fraud charges, through his association with Texas One Wireless. The reports state that Willie set up an eBay account, and beginning September 2008, established feedback, selling Apple’s iPhone internationally. Once a reputation was built, the rapper reportedly asked buyers to pay him for the coveted phones through wire transfers, not authorized through the Bay Area auction powerhouse.

Deposits were reportedly made, but items were not delivered.

The rapper told victimized buyers that he filed reports of lost product through the United States Postal Service, but then would cease communication.

These federal charges, if convicted, could cause the rapper to face 20 years and/or a maximum fine of $250,000.

Willie D is supposed to appear in court today.

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