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Foxy Brown Admits BlackBerry Threat

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Posted: 2008-05-09 12:33:07

NEW YORK (May 9) - Less than a month after being released from prison, rapper Foxy Brown pleaded guilty Thursday to menacing a woman with her BlackBerry phone and avoided another possible prison sentence.

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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.

Brown, 29, whose real name is Inga Marchand, pleaded guilty to menacing a Brooklyn woman, a misdemeanor, in July 2007 while on probation for assaulting two nail salon stylists over a $20 manicure, a court spokesman said.

By pleading guilty, Brown avoided going on trial for assault, a felony charge that carries a maximum sentence of seven years in prison.

Brown was accused of bruising the eye and chipping the tooth of her longtime neighbor Arlene Raymond when she struck the woman with the handheld communications device.

On Thursday, Brooklyn Supreme Court Judge John Walsh sentenced Brown to time already served, issued an order of protection and ordered Brown to submit a letter of apology, the spokesman said.

"I apologize for the incident that occurred on July 31, 2007, in that I attempted to scare Arlene Raymond and place her in harm's way," Brown said in a hand-written note.

Last month, Brown was released after serving eight months of a one-year sentence for violating her parole stemming from the nail salon incident.

With her 1999 album "Chyna Doll," Brown became the first female rap artist to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, the U.S. pop chart encompassing all styles of music.

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ricardo8sanders 01:38:18 PM May 11 2008

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Pale face racist are going to hell,you will be judged by a darkskinned ethiopian somalia looking Christ.Read your scriptures.

kcaron10127 12:10:21 PM May 11 2008

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DHamil2350 12:05:21 AM May 11 2008
"There are more white people arrested then blacks."
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Well, OF COURSE THERE ARE.

Whites are more than 70% of the population.

Blacks are 13% of the population.

Are blacks committing only 13% of the crimes in this country?

NOPE.

simzillyjp 09:00:55 AM May 11 2008

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Send her back to the Motherland.

DHamil2350 12:05:21 AM May 11 2008

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kcaron10127 07:38:34 AM May 10 2008
For a people who are always whining about slavery...

...they sure seem eager to be locked in chains.
peggsclay 07:34:40 AM May 10 2008

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There are more white people arrested then blacks. Becasuse of racist behavoir, most judges do not sentence whites for the crimes they commit. When most whites are sentenced, the crimes do not fit the time.

DHamil2350 11:58:52 PM May 10 2008

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hiredshoe 03:51:43 PM May 10 2008

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Skanky bich needs to be took down to the whuppin post

mrmilk44 09:53:20 AM May 10 2008

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kcaron10127 Still at it huh? Im impressed you can afford aol and still live in a trailer at the same time...LOL Trash

new44moon 09:01:52 AM May 10 2008

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Do they make Nerf phones? Foxy needs a phone like that so she doesn't injure anybody.

new44moon 08:55:52 AM May 10 2008

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bigponcho67 08:14:27 PM May 09 2008

Report This! i am white trash and loving it so what
new44moon reply: Stop talking like Maxwell Smart (by adding '.......and loving it' to the end of just about every sentence).

kcaron10127 07:38:34 AM May 10 2008

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For a people who are always whining about slavery...

...they sure seem eager to be locked in chains.

peggsclay 07:34:40 AM May 10 2008

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doesnt surprize me ..;ow lifes

animebabe2233 03:22:56 AM May 10 2008

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WOW you people have problems, this is just yet another example of a human being DOING something stupid be it white or black. agranon2 is an example of a human being SAYING something stupid