Yet another one for the mugshot gallery! NBA star Carmelo Anthony, 23, was arrested by Colorado police and charged with drunk driving. According to the cops, Melo was pulled over after police saw his silver Mercedes weaving and failing to dim its lights. He subsequently failed a series of field sobriety tests and was taken to a Denver Police Department lockup where he consented to a blood test and posed for the above mug shot. (Source)
Ice…Ice Baby! Former fake rapper Vanilla Ice (aka Robert Van Winkle) was arrested the other day for allegedly beating his wife…..AGAIN!
According to the arrest report, Laura Van Winkle appeared uninjured, but told cops she wanted a divorce from the star. But she is reported to have reneged on her earlier allegations, insisting her husband had not hit or kicked her, but had pushed her.
She is alleged to have told a police officer, “He started yelling at me for going out to buy a bedroom set. In front of my daughter. I’m sorry I can’t say any more until I talk to an attorney.” Robert, 40, told cops about the couple’s two-day fight, admitting he called his wife “nuts”, and said his wife is bipolar and takes medication but still has ‘irrational episodes’. He denied the allegations he pushed his wife. (Source)
He was also charged with the same crime in 2001. In that incident he pulled out his wife’s hair during an agument. One question…why isn’t he locked up yet?? Nevermind….his wife’s crazy too.
Gun charges have been dropped against Atlanta rapper Fabo (aka Lafabian Williams) of the group D4L. Fabo, whose the originator of the white sunglasses fad that SouljaBoy is also known for, was charged in February of 2006 along with Curtis Alfonso Watkins by South Carolina cops after a traffic stop.
Fabo, a convicted felon, was charged with possession of marijuana and ecstasy, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime and carrying a concealed weapon.
However, on Tuesday, the district attorney’s office decided not to pursue the charges against Fabo, after his co-defendant Watkins accepted full responsibility for the guns and drugs. (Source)
I guess the stars were aligned for Bankhead alumni this week…either THAT or T.I. hooked Fabo up with his attorney! At any rate check out one of my favorite Fabo compilations after the jump…
“While I’m not looking forward to being incarcerated, I have a long road of redemption to travel,” Harris said, reading a statement outside the Atlanta federal courthouse shortly before 3 p.m. “I am dedicated and committed to that.”
U.S. District Court Judge Charles Pannell Jr. scheduled Harris’ sentencing a year from now, on March 27, 2009. If Harris abides by the conditions set in his plea agreement, he will receive a prison sentence of one year plus one day. Because the sentence is longer than one year, Harris will be eligible to earn 15 percent time off for good behavior.
Harris also was fined $100,000.
Over the next year, Harris must perform at least 1,000 hours of community service, which includes speaking to “at-risk young people,” promoting respect for law enforcement, and opposing violence, illegal and reckless use of firearms, illegal drugs and gang activity. (Source)
The Judge in rapper T.I.’s gun case has signed an order allowing him to attend Easter service on Sunday. Tip aka Clifford Harris, who has been under house arrest pending his hearing on Gun Charges will be allowed to leave his home from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday so he can attend a service sponsored by New Birth Missionary Baptist Church at the Georgia Dome.
Harris faces up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine on each weapons charge.
