Rapper Sean Kingston arrested on California Army base hours after SWAT raids Florida mansion, nabbed mother
nypost.comraided his Florida mansion, taking his mother into custody, earlier in the day.The Broward County Sheriff’s Office said Kingston was arrested without incident for a Florida warrant on fraud and theft charges in the area of Fort Irwin, an Army base in the desert about 150 miles northeast of Los Angeles.The rapper was billed to perform at the base for the United States Army’s Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) Programs.Video posted to social media allegedly shows law enforcement officers at Fort Irwin’s “Army Field” as Kingston performs “Eenie Meenie” on stage.The rapper was booked into jail in San Bernardino at 5:02 p.m.
during his scheduled set.Earlier Thursday, Kingston’s 61-year-old mom, Janice Turner, was arrested when authorities swarmed the rapper’s luxurious Southwest Ranches property in Florida.
She’s facing similar charges as her son.Kingston was renting the mansion. The arrests were made in connection to allegations that Kingston swindled a tech company out of thousands of dollars in a deal over a television and speaker system.In February, Ver Ver Entertainment LLC.
filed a lawsuit against Kingston, alleging breach of contract and fraud after the rapper reached out to the company on Instagram to purchase a 232-inch Colossal TV and a sound system.The equipment would’ve cost at least $111,000, but Kingston supposedly promised to make promotional videos about the products with his friend, Justin Bieber, the company alleged in the documents viewed by The Post.
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