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DMX Arrested on Animal Cruelty Charges

Posted: 2008-05-09 16:56:04

Filed Under: Celebrities in Court, Music News

PHOENIX (May 9) - Authorities say DMX has been arrested on drug and animal-cruelty charges in Phoenix following an overnight raid on the rapper's house.

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Three days after police arrested DMX on May 6 for a January drag race caught on camera, the rapper was taken into custody again, this time on drug and animal cruelty charges.

The Maricopa County sheriff's office says the 37-year-old, whose real name is Earl Simmons, at first tried to barricade himself in his bedroom. He came out as a SWAT team entered during the early-morning raid Friday.

The indictment stems from an August search of the rapper's home prompted by reports of dogs being abused on his property.

His attorney, Murray Richman, says he told his client to expect such a raid after his efforts to make DMX available to law enforcement were rebuffed. Richman says the animal cruelty charges are not supported by the evidence.

DMX was also arrested Tuesday after speed-enforcement cameras captured him going 114 mph on a suburban Phoenix freeway.

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xyzzy78897 12:44:45 AM May 13 2008

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IT'S A BLACK THING! BLACKS ARE NOT BOUND BY LAWS OF THIS COUNTRY.

ansaldi2g 01:18:05 PM May 12 2008

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90 percent of people here wouldnt say **** to his face...internet tough guys with their 2 cents...LOL *******

longislandquarry 11:27:33 AM May 12 2008

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just another loser punk with money

s227227 11:35:00 PM May 11 2008

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It's not about race! This stupid, ignorant SOB would have learned a thing or two if he'd been catching up on the news. I hope he gets a chance to learn what's right and what's wrong, when he sits there.......behind bars..........with his new title: The little/pretty *****!

cvjj187 08:46:43 PM May 11 2008

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Look at the picture of his head:" THE INSIDE OF HIS SKULL IS VOID OF ALL GRAY
MATTER...............

cvjj187 08:41:36 PM May 11 2008

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Send him back to Africa.........

sallybarr 08:04:04 PM May 11 2008

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This has nothing to do with skin color. This has to do what is inside a human's heart. ANYONE who could hurt an animal has a cold dead heart. They should be punished as fairly as they were fair to the animal.

j555sharkteeth 04:36:14 PM May 11 2008

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another NEGRO in trouble with the law a long long list continues

krolcsh 04:10:47 PM May 11 2008

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they take over a city block,imagine taking over our country......

krolcsh 04:09:33 PM May 11 2008

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i dont want him in there as president yet, whites will surely suffer , riots and etc

Ramacdowell 03:39:04 PM May 11 2008

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A rapper in trouble with the law?I'm shocked I tell you shocked.

m289271 02:26:29 PM May 11 2008

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N B N. They can't help themselves, it's in their DNA.

pfreelancer2 01:59:29 PM May 11 2008

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sad, that non of you scum bags are saying anything near this junk about the FDLS... who are abusing... raping and molesting chirldren..... for years

This has NOTHING TO DO WITH RACE............... GROW - UP.

GET A LIFE..........PLEASE