'Straight Outta Compton' star Jason Mitchell arrested on drugs, weapons charges in Mississippi
Jason Mitchell, a rising acting star who was featured in the Oscar-nominated film “Straight Outta Compton” and who held a role on the hit Showtime series “The Chi" before he was fired last year, was arrested on drugs and weapons charges on Mississippi’s Gulf Coast. The actor was taken into custody on Wednesday following a traffic stop in Gulfport, Miss., Harrison County Sheriff Troy Peterson said in a media release.