Rapper Nelly arrested in St. Louis County Wednesday morning

MARYLAND HEIGHTS, Mo. — A rapper and St. Louis icon was arrested Wednesday morning in St. Louis County, in accordance with officers.

Nelly, whose delivery title is Cornell Haynes II, was arrested at about 5 a.m. by the Missouri State Freeway Patrol Gaming Division on the Hollywood On line casino on an excellent failure to look warrant from 2023. A decide had issued the warrant on a quotation from 2018 out of Maryland Heights for working a car with out correct proof of insurance coverage. 

In keeping with on-line arrest data, the 49-year-old on Wednesday was in possession of 4 ecstasy tablets, a managed substance and was with out insurance coverage.

Haynes’ lawyer Scott Rosenblum stated in a press release that Nelly had received a number of on line casino jackpots and when he sought to gather them Wednesday morning, the officer who would have supervised the transaction “needlessly” ran a seek for warrants. As soon as the officer discovered the excellent warrant, he cuffed Nelly’s arms behind his again and “felt compelled” to “parade him by the on line casino in entrance of different clients,” Rosenblum stated.

His lawyer referred to as what the officer discovered “alleged ‘ecstasy’” and stated the officer didn’t have possible trigger to justify looking him. He wasn’t notified of the warrant and didn’t learn about it, Rosenblum stated.

Rosenblum stated that in related circumstances, “every other citizen would have been instructed to deal with it and allowed to go on their method.

The Maryland Heights Police Division instructed 5 On Your Aspect they acquired Haynes from MSHP and arrested him for the warrant. 

Police confirmed he has since been launched from custody. 

“I’m 100% assured this case will go nowhere,” Rosenblum stated. “And we will likely be asking for an inquiry into this officer’s conduct.”

Nelly, a three-time Grammy Award winner, is understood for hits like “Sizzling in Herre” and “Simply A Dream.” He’s had 4 No. 1 hits and acquired 9 Billboard Music Awards. He not too long ago wrapped up a sequence of performances with Janet Jackson as a particular visitor on her tour.

He received Grammy Awards in 2002 for Greatest Rap/Sung Collaboration and Greatest Male Solo Rap Efficiency, and his “Nellyville” was nominated that 12 months for each Greatest Rap Album and Album of the 12 months. He additionally received a Grammy the next 12 months for Greatest Rap Efficiency by a Duo or Group the next 12 months for “Shake Ya Tailfeather.”

Past his recording profession, Nelly has appeared in various movies and tv sequence, together with the sports activities movie “The Longest Yard” and a BET actuality sequence that includes his household. The artist introduced in April he was engaged to singer and actor Ashanti and the pair is anticipating a child.

In April 2015, Nelly was arrested and confronted felony drug expenses in Tennessee after a bus he was touring in was pulled over east of Nashville by the Tennessee Freeway Patrol. He later pleaded responsible to a misdemeanor cost and was capable of have his document expunged after lower than a 12 months of probation.

Nelly was additionally arrested in October 2017 in Auburn, Washington, south of Seattle, after a girl alleged he had sexually assaulted her on his tour bus. Rosenblum stated then that the allegations had been fabricated. The lady sued Nelly, who countersued, and so they settled their authorized claims in September 2018.

The Related Press contributed to this report.