GREER, S.C. (AP) — Rapper DMX has been arrested in northwestern South Carolina for driving without a license.
Authorities say the 42-year-old, whose real name is Earl Simmons, was arrested at 1 a.m. Wednesday after an officer saw him at a gas station in Greer. Simmons already faced several charges of driving without a license, so deputies say an officer pulled him…
Suggestions that Frank Ocean was arrested for engaging in 'suspicious behaviour' in a car with a male companion have been quashed by a police report which reveals the real reason behind the star's apparent arrest.
US website MediaTakeOut reported on 1 January 2012 that Ocean was pulled over for what a source described as 'suspicious behaviour' and implied the Channel… Continue
Flo Rida just scored big in his DUI case, the rapper struck a sweet deal with prosecutors that will land him in a classroom ... rather than a jail cell.
Flo -- real name Tramar Dillard -- was busted in Miami Beach back in June on suspicion of DUI inside his million-dollar Bugatti. At the time, cops said Flo's blood alcohol level was .185 ... more than twice the legal…
Two parents in China have decided to lower the driving age – for their 4-year-old daughter.
In a video that's gone viral around the globe, the Chinese tot appears to be driving a car while her parents give her directions.
The pigtailed cutie seems to be quite adept to the task – especially for her age – even slowing to a stop behind a turning… Continue
Teairra Mari was arrested for drunk driving after crashing her vehicle in Beverly Hills.
According to TMZ, the 23-year-old singer, born Teairra Marquisha Thomas, was driving her silver Infiniti on Santa Monica Boulevard in the early hours of Friday morning when she rear ended the car in front of her.
Officers report that Mari showed signs of intoxication… Continue
Snakes alive! A slithering serpent snuck up on a Memphis area family's SUV as they barrelled down a highway.
Rachel Fisher, 26, was at the wheel going about 65 miles an hour as the sizeable snake slid across her windshield. Her husband recorded 2 minutes and 24 seconds of the spectacle as she alternated between girly screams and nervous… Continue
A drunken driver slammed his Cadillac into a traffic signal, a median and a parked car in Brooklyn early Saturday, killing his girlfriend who was in the backseat, cops said.
Nyron Isaac, 32, was driving north on Fourth Ave. when he struck the traffic signal between 25th and 26th Sts. in Sunset Park around 5:52a.m., officials said.
Jets wide receiver Braylon Edwards wasn't in court Monday, but he'll need to show up July 22 for trial on drunk-driving charges.
The free agent, who faces up to a year behind bars if convicted, allegedly had a blood alcohol level twice the legal limit as he left a party last September.
Edwards allegedly reeked of liquor when he was arrested shortly before… Continue
A Newburgh mom, apparently unhinged by an argument at home, killed herself and her three kids by plunging the family minivan into the murky Hudson River, officials said.
Only the dead woman's 10-year-old son escaped the death vehicle on Tuesday night, leaving the mom to drown with her sons, ages 2 and 5, and her 11-month-old daughter, officials… Continue
Three NYPD rookies - on the job only three days - cut their teeth last week by busting two people with an AK-47 assault rifle and other high-powered weapons in the backseat of their car, police said.
"They took three dangerous weapons and two dangerous people off the streets," said Assistant Chief Carlos Gomez, the top uniformed cop in the Bronx.
Trouble-prone Jets wide receiver Braylon Edwards was busted for drunken driving Tuesday morning near the Lincoln Tunnel with a blood alcohol reading of twice the legal limit, police said.
Edwards, 27, was pulled over after he was seen driving erratically in a Range Rover with heavily tinted windows at 34th St. and 12th Ave. at 5:13 a.m., according to cops.
Edwards, who was riding with a passenger, blew .16 on a Breathalyzer test of… Continue
Drunken drivers won't breathe as easily starting Sunday.
The second part of a tough new state law takes effect, forcing anyone with a DWI conviction to get a device installed in their car that requires them to pass a breathalyzer test to start the engine.
"This is another measure to stop an epidemic in New York State - to stop drunk driving," said state Sen. Charles Fuschillo (R-L.I.), a sponsor of the law. "It takes away judicial… Continue
Harlem rapper Juelz Santana had a brief run-in with the law on Wednesday. The rapper was arrested for driving without a license. Juelz Santana’s rep, Lynn Hobson, explains, quote, “Juelz Santana was arrested this [morning] after being pulled over in his Bentley for talking on a cell phone while driving. He was then taken into custody for driving without his license.” Hobson goes on to say that old warrants that had yet to clear the system were taken… Continue
LOS ANGELES -- Rapper DMX surrendered to a judge Monday to begin serving a 90-day jail sentence for a 2002 reckless driving conviction.
Los Angeles City Attorney spokesman Frank Mateljan said the 39-year-old rapper turned himself in at a downtown courthouse. He said a judge ruled that the rapper cannot be freed on electronic monitoring, work release or home detention.
DMX, whose real name is Earl Simmons, was originally charged with… Continue
Beyonce recently got her driver's license, says Star, and was promptly pulled over for texting while driving in NYC. "She tried to charm that cop and told him she had no idea that texting while driving was against the law––but he had no idea who she was," says a source. Really? Even after she rapped the excuse, "But officer, I was... drivin' real slow ‘cause BK is from…
Jaleel White -- the actor who played Steve Urkel on "Family Matters" -- is under investigation for allegedly battering a woman.
Sources familiar with the police report tell us ... the alleged victim claims White allegedly punched her in one of her breast implants while they were driving on Pacific Coast Highway two weeks ago, with an infant in the car. We're told, she claims when they got home White… Continue
What's dumber than drinking and driving? Drinking, driving and tweeting about it.
But that's just what rapper Bow Wow did during the wee hours of Friday morning - and now he's feeling the heat for it.
The 22-year-old, along with his buddies and fellow good influences Chris Brown and Akon, almost had an altercation in Miami when a valet hesitated to give the rapper his keys.
And rightfully so - the "Shortie Like Mine" singer… Continue