All Blog Posts Tagged 'JAIL' (79)

DETROIT — A former tennis pro accused of fraudulently bringing four children from the African nation of Togo to the U.S. and forcing them to work as slaves in his Michigan home was sentenced Monday to more than 11 years in federal prison.

Jean-Claude Toviave, who didn’t apologize when provided the…

Bobby Brown has been sentenced to 55 days in a Los Angeles jail and four years of probation for a drunken driving case.

City attorney's spokesman Frank Mateljan says Brown was sentenced Tuesday after pleading no contest to charges he was under the influence and driving on a suspended license when he was…

Chief Keef is off the hook for his alleged probation violation - for now.

Cook County Juvenile Court Judge Carl Anthony Walker ruled today (January 2) that Chief Keef could remain free in light of allegations that the rapper violated his probation by moving to a new home.

The Chicago Tribune reports that…

Rick Ross protégé Gunplay turned himself in to a Miami jail after a warrant was issued for his arrest, stemming from an armed robbery -- Gunplay's attorney tells TMZ.

The warrant was issued in May, listing "robbery" as the offense. No other details about the alleged offense are listed.

Gunplay's attorney…

Chad Johnson looked tight-lipped as he stalked out of a Miami jail Sunday morning, just a few hours after being arrested on charges he head-butted his wife.

The 34-year-old wide receiver — who was released Sunday by the Miami Dolphins, according to several news outlets — had changed his name to Chad…

BG, a rapper that helped build Cash Money Records, was sentenced to 14 years for possessing a firearm, conspiring to obstruct justice and other changes/

BG, Christopher Dorsey. was sentenced on Wednesday in New Orleans by U.S. District Judge Helen Berrigan. Judge Berrigan also gave BG three years of supervised…

Multi-platinum rapper Young Buck was sentenced Friday to three years in prison after he was convicted on weapons charges.

Young Buck, a Nashville native whose real name is David Darnell Brown, was arrested for possessing weapons despite being a convicted felon following a stabbing several years prior.

The…

Young Buck’s problems with the law refuse to die down. At a recent show, Young Buck told the cameras that he will be going back to Penitentiary in two months from now.

Although Buck doesn’t state the exact reasons, we are guessing it is in connection with federal charges for being a…

Former No Limit rapper Mystikal -- the guy behind the 2000 hit "Shake Ya Ass" -- is going back to the pokey ... all because of a domestic violence arrest back in February.

Long story short ... Mystikal was put on probation in 2010 after spending 6 years in a Louisiana prison for sexual battery and extortion. So…

Serving two years for gun possession, Ja Rule found a new posse behind bars — a couple of cons he calls “Hevey D” and “Koz.” The Queens-raised rap star says disgraced pol Alan Hevesi and corporate greed poster-boy Dennis Kozlowski took him under their wings. From Kozlowski, he got stock tips. From Hevesi, he heard…

Just days out from getting busted for packing heat, rapper Cory Gunz has a message for his fans: Guns are bad news.

“Guns aren’t cool. And jail? It’s not hot,” said the 24-year-old rapper after he was sprung from Bronx Criminal Court, where he was arraigned on gun charges Sunday night.

Gunz, born Peter…

North Carolina cops believe a murder suspect slipped a 10-inch revolver into prison by hiding it where the sun don't shine.

Michael Leon Ward was pulled over last week after local police clocked him doing 90 mph along Highway 17 in Dixon, N.C., according to WITN 2 News.

Ward, 22, refused to cooperate and…

Floyd Mayweather Jr. won't have to turn himself in to a Las Vegas jail until June 1, 2012 ... so he can fight in Las Vegas on May 5th ... the judge just ruled.

Floyd was supposed to turn himself in today to begin his 90-day sentence for beating up his baby mama -- but his attorney…

Everybody has seen the movie “American Gangster” starring Denzel Washington, T.I., and Russell Crowe, but what you may not know is that the movie was based on a true story.

Frank Lucas was a famous Harlem drug kingpin who once ran a billion dollar heroin business.

Frank is still alive today, and…

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…