USA-CRIME/ROSS Rapper Rick Ross arrested near Atlanta on assault charges - officials

Record ID: 151940

  • Title: USA-CRIME/ROSS Rapper Rick Ross arrested near Atlanta on assault charges - officials
  • Date: 24th June 2015
  • Summary: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (FILE) (UNRESTRICTED POOL) ****WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** RAPPER RICK ROSS POSING FOR PHOTOS AT THE 55TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS
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  • Story Text: Rapper Rick Ross and his bodyguard were arrested at his home near Atlanta on Wednesday (June 24) on charges they kidnapped a man, beat him and threatened him with a handgun earlier this month at the rapper's mansion, authorities and media reports said.
    Ross, whose real name is William Leonard Roberts II, and his bodyguard Nadrian Lateef James, were being held at the Fayette County Jail in Georgia on charges of kidnapping, aggravated assault and aggravated battery, a spokesman for the sheriff's office said. Ross and James were denied bail.
    Police went to Ross's mansion in Fayetteville, about 20 miles south of Atlanta, which he bought last year and was once owned by boxer Evander Holyfield, at about 6:30 a.m. and initially were denied entrance.
    Officers eventually forced the mansion's gate open and the men were taken into custody without further incident, authorities said.
    Ross, founder of the Maybach Music Group and known for his 2006 single "Hustlin," was also arrested two weeks ago in Georgia for marijuana possession.
    According to the arrest reports and the sheriff's office, Ross and James forced Jonathan Zamudio into a bedroom on June 7 and prevented him from leaving.
    The Atlanta Journal-Constitution said the incident happened at Ross's estate.
    They then beat Zamudio, chipping two teeth and causing a jaw and neck injury, scratches and contusions, according to the arrest reports. Ross also struck the man with a handgun and threatened him with it, the reports said.
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