Sean Kingston is facing 10 charges in Broward County, Florida, according to an arrest warrant obtained by Rolling Stone . The singer was arrested in California on May 23 , just hours after police raided his Florida home and apprehended his mother . According to the warrant, the “Beautiful Girls” singer and his mother had defrauded several businesses, including a jeweler and a car dealer.
They face counts of grand theft over a Cadillac Escalade, $480,000 in jewelry, and a custom bed valued at $86,568.33. Kingston’s other chargers pertain to defrauding banks and writing bad checks, including one check for nearly $45,000, according to the police report.
Kingston is also accused of violating probation for a previous charge of trafficking stolen property. The singer has long been troubled with lawsuits pertaining to stolen or unpaid property, previously being sued over a $1 million unpaid jewelry bill. “This evening, police in Fort Irwin, Calif.
, arrested Kisean Anderson, aka Sean Kingston, without incident on a Broward Sheriff’s Office arrest warrant for numerous fraud and theft charges,” the Broward Sheriff’s Office said in a statement at the time of Kingston’s arrest. “We were in the process of having him return to Florida after his show,” Bob Rosenblatt, an attorney representing Kingston, told NBC News , adding that the singer would waive extradition. “We want him back asap so we can show this is merely a civil case and not criminal.
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