Rapper DMX busted with pit bulls and meth [Updated: 10/8/07 ]

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Illegal drugs found at rapper's home, sheriff says
Arizona Republic
August 25, 2007

Deputies investigating animal-cruelty claims at the Cave Creek-area home of rapper DMX found about a half-pound of suspected illegal narcotics, Sheriff Joe Arpaio said Saturday.

No charges or arrests have been made. Arpaio said the animal-abuse investigation was ongoing and the substances officials believe are illegal drugs were being tested.

Preliminary tests indicate an illegal narcotic, Arpaio said, and he speculated that it was cocaine or methamphetamine. The substance was found inside a locked master bedroom.



Also seized were a cache of assault-type weapons and a dozen visibly undernourished pit bulls, some with cuts and bruises. Three dog carcasses were unearthed from the backyard; two were in bags and another appeared to have been burned, investigators said.

DMX, whose real name is Earl Simmons, was not home during the search.

His attorney Murray Richman, reached Saturday, said he had no knowledge of any narcotics at the home. The dogs were looked after by a caretaker and "all sorts of people" had been staying at the home, Richman said.

"Why doesn't the sheriff call me?" Richman said. "I spoke to him yesterday - and rather than make these allegations in the press, why doesn't he call me?"

Arpaio said neighbors placed the rapper at the home in the past two weeks, but Richman insisted Simmons has not been there for two months.

Simmons' most recent whereabouts were unclear.

A tip left on the Sheriff's Office animal-abuse hotline led deputies to the home Aug. 7, where they found pit bulls that appeared to be in need of food and water. No one was home at the time, but Arpaio said deputies advised one of Simmons' attorneys of their findings.

Stacey Richman, a New York attorney who also represents Simmons, told The Arizona Republic that word of the animals' conditions was "very upsetting to us. We cannot understand who this can possibly be when we hired someone to care for those animals."

When asked about a caretaker Saturday, Arpaio said he was "not going to get into him right now."

The sheriff did say that Simmons could be facing misdemeanor charges for animal cruelty and that he will "push to get this guy extradited."

"No one is going to get any passes regardless of occupation," Arpaio said.

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* In 1994, he was convicted of drug possession. [6]

* In May 1998, he was accused of raping a woman in the Bronx but was later cleared by DNA evidence.

* In 1999, during a blockbuster 'Hard Knock Life' tour stop in Denver, a warrant for his arrest washttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMX_(rapper)#Criminal_history issued in connection with a stabbing and shooting of a man that attended one of the concerts, of which simmons was later cleared; another incident occurred in May, when he was accused of assaulting a Yonkers man who'd allegedly harassed his wife and stabbed her in the neck (the charges were once again dropped). More serious charges were brought that summer when Earl's uncle/manager was accidentally shot in the neck at a New Jersey hotel. Police later raided Earl's home and filed animal cruelty, weapons, and drug possession charges against the rapper and his wife; he eventually plea-bargained down to fines, probation, and community service.

* In March 2000, he was arrested for aggravated unlicensed operation of a vehicle, speeding, failure to signal, driving without a license, failure to notify the DMV of an address change, and possession of marijuana, cocaine, ecstasy, and Percocet while driving on New York State Route 33 in Cheektowaga, New York, following a concert in Buffalo, New York. He was then scheduled to appear in Cheektowaga Town Court on March 21, but failed to appear, resulting in a warrant being issued for his arrest.[7] He later turned himself in, pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of driving without a license and was sentenced to 15 days in jail and fined $400.[8] He was also charged with marijuana possession, after turning himself in, when authorities found marijuana in a pack of his cigarettes; he was fined an additional $250.

* In 2002, he pled guilty to animal cruelty for having 13 neglected pit bulls in his possession. [9]

* In June 2003, he was arrested for using indecent language during a performance at St Kitts and Nevis in the Caribbean. The country's Information Minister alleged that a contract signed before the concert stipulated the show would be with out indecent language on stage. Earl was released on bail. ($376)[10]

* In June 2004, he was arrested at JFK airport on charges of cocaine possession, criminal impersonation, criminal possession of a weapon, criminal mischief, menacing, and driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol while attempting to carjack a vehicle claiming to be a federal agent. [11]

* In April 2005, Simmons was arrested in The Bronx for driving with a suspended license after his car crashed into a police cruiser.[citation needed]

* In May 2006, Simmons was arrested at a London airport for causing a disturbance after he refused to put on a seat belt and became abusive on a flight from New York to London. He was released with a caution.[12]

* On February 2, 2007 he was arrested for driving on an expired license charge, and scheduled an appearance in a Yonkers courtroom on March 6, 2007 on that and other minor infractions.[13]

* On May 26, 2007 Simmons was arrested for assaulting a man and leaving him in hospital whilst under the influence of cannabis. He had to appear in court on (June 2) after his week on bail and he was sentenced to 500 hours community service and a $50,000 fine.[citation needed]

* On 23 July 2007 Simmons was stopped by police after trying to get away on a illegal motorbike without a license. Officers gave him a Section 15 warning and was scheduled to appear in court on August 1, 2007 for further questioning. [citation needed]

* On 31 July 2007 Simmons was stopped by police for driving an illegal motorbike and he has been reported for driving without a license and without insurance. A court date has not been set as of August 1, 2007.[citation needed]

* On 24 Aug 2007 Acting upon an animal cruelty tip, Maricopa County Sheriff's deputies reported to having removed 12 distressed pit bulls from Simmon's Cave Creek home. Simmons was not at home when the raid occurred. Sources reported the deputies also removed a large cache of weapons in addition to drug paraphernalia. He has not been charged with animal cruelty.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMX_(rapper)#Criminal_history
 
anyone who would fight animals knowing it injures and hurts them AND neglects to feed and water them is a piece shit in my book. i use to like his music growing up. but now........i hope he burns in hell. karma's a mother f@#ker. f@#k you DMX. :p
 
* In May 1998, he was accused of raping a woman in the Bronx but was later cleared by DNA evidence. - QUESTIONABLE......?

* In 1999, during a blockbuster 'Hard Knock Life' tour stop in Denver, a warrant for his arrest washttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMX_(rapper)#Criminal_history issued in connection with a stabbing and shooting of a man that attended one of the concerts, of which simmons was later cleared; another incident occurred in May, when he was accused of assaulting a Yonkers man who'd allegedly harassed his wife and stabbed her in the neck (the charges were once again dropped). More serious charges were brought that summer when Earl's uncle/manager was accidentally shot in the neck at a New Jersey hotel. Police later raided Earl's home and filed animal cruelty, weapons, and drug possession charges against the rapper and his wife; he eventually plea-bargained down to fines, probation, and community service. - Stabbing one of your fans?

* In March 2000, he was arrested for aggravated unlicensed operation of a vehicle, speeding, failure to signal, driving without a license, failure to notify the DMV of an address change, and possession of marijuana, cocaine, ecstasy, and Percocet while driving on New York State Route 33 in Cheektowaga, New York, following a concert in Buffalo, New York. He was then scheduled to appear in Cheektowaga Town Court on March 21, but failed to appear, resulting in a warrant being issued for his arrest.[7] He later turned himself in, pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of driving without a license and was sentenced to 15 days in jail and fined $400.[8] He was also charged with marijuana possession, after turning himself in, when authorities found marijuana in a pack of his cigarettes; he was fined an additional $250. - His total amount of fines was less than my buddys charge of 7 ectsasy pills.

* In June 2004, he was arrested at JFK airport on charges of cocaine possession, criminal impersonation, criminal possession of a weapon, criminal mischief, menacing, and driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol while attempting to carjack a vehicle claiming to be a federal agent. [11] - At this point in his CRIMINAL career he should be serving 10-20 minimum IRL

* In April 2005, Simmons was arrested in The Bronx for driving with a suspended license after his car crashed into a police cruiser.[citation needed] - Hmmmmmm, lil' high there DMX?

* In May 2006, Simmons was arrested at a London airport for causing a disturbance after he refused to put on a seat belt and became abusive on a flight from New York to London. He was released with a caution.[12] - Ignorant

* On 24 Aug 2007 Acting upon an animal cruelty tip, Maricopa County Sheriff's deputies reported to having removed 12 distressed pit bulls from Simmon's Cave Creek home. Simmons was not at home when the raid occurred. Sources reported the deputies also removed a large cache of weapons in addition to drug paraphernalia. He has not been charged with animal cruelty. - This should take the cake, look at all the previous drug/weapon/human & animal assault charges he has. WTF why is this man free? And why has it been four years since R. Kelly pissed on a 14 year old girl and still hasnt gone to court for it. (The first delay was granted due to an INTENSE 8) 8) 8) tour schedule... but what now? Its not like hes been touring non stop for 4 years, and if I said I had shows to play do you think the judge would give a flying fuck? NOPE

I didnt even comment all his charges because it would have taken forever, but seriously this guy needs to spend some serious time in jail. This is one of the few times I REALLY think this guy desrves to do the time for the crime. :\ :\ :\ :| Or rather............ CRIMES with an S
 
^^^^R kellys trial is beginning very soon actually.

Also, why the hell you WANT somebody to go to jail over drugs charges? WTF? Youre a drug user aint you?

Look at those charges....Most of them were dropped. So, if the charges are dropped, then it aint a fuckin case. so why you emphasizing the shit that happened, that ended up gettin dropped? That dont mean nothing, as far as im concerned then it didnt happen. How is it questionable that he got off on the rape, DNA evidence cleared him, now how the hell you gona question that? You want somebody to go to jail for rape that scientific evidence shows he didnt do?

He did go to jail for the charges at Newark by the way, you just aint hear it. I think he did 71 days or some shit like that. he spent his time in jail already. And look at it, the shit you got highlighted.....Its possession. Why would he deserve to go to jail for possession, most people dont ever do time for simple possession anyways....

Im just sayin...It seems like people are hatin...None of yall know people like this that been thru these type of things before? Ive hung out with a few......I aint tryna be a DMX dickrider, he definately fucked up alot as far as crimes go, but its just funny that on a site like BL people are hatin so much when we are all drug users and all break the law, and people are like "LOCK HIM UP YO!!" Im just sayin......Doin crime dont make you a bad person....
As far as my opinion on it....
Yo I think they set this dude up. I heard about this a few days ago and there was NO mention of any drugs in any of the couple articles i read about it. on another msg board i was on, a couple ppl said they live in that area of AZ and the sheriff is a racist asshole prick whose lookin for publicity.

If you listen to DMXs music I jus dont think he could do that ish to his dogs. he always talksabout how he loves his dogs like his family, got a tattoo of his decessed pit on his back, seen mad pics of him cuddlin his dogs, walkin em, etc. I honestly dont believe that he was involved in some illegal shit with his dogs. If you aint home for 2 months and leave somebody else in charge who knows whats goin down. DMX is definately one of them dudes that didnt cutoff ties with the hood, so he prolly got some pretty shady cats chillin at his crib and more than likely they fucked his shit up. Iunno yo, i just dont believe that he did that shit, when he has spend so much time obviously very loving towards his pet dogs in the past. I think that since this michal vick , and ving rhames shit, they are just lookin to bust black rappers / entertainers for this type of thing and its sad. Next stop, Big Boi's kennel. 8( The cops are out there just hatin lookin for their next victim.
 
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I think what the poster above was trying to say was that he has been treated unfairly. By that I mean that he got away without doing much time. A regular guy is gonna do a lot more time than DMX for those crimes.

I agree with you though, drug crimes are bullshit. 99% of time I'm gonna root for the defendant to get off.

(That 1% is when they sold to children, drugged people without consent, sold fentanyl/deadly drugs, DWI etc...)
 
drug charges are one thing. that only effects the user. DWI's, Driving without a licensed or insurance in stolen cars & motorcycles, accidents, bringing illegal weapons into airports, starting fights on international flight, animal cruelty, impersonating a federal agent, murder, rape, robbery, those are different things.

on the other hand, he spends all his time acting like a pirate and getting away with it, now thats pretty fucking bad ass. the only three things i see as actual crimes on that list are animal cruelty, murder, and rape, the rest is just fun.
 
Well sheriff Joe is definitely an attention whore, just google him for some of ridiculous antics. But are you honestly telling me that a man gets that many charges all over the world because the "man" is out to get him? Forget the drug charges, look at everything else. DMX in addition to regularly being confused with DXM in news articles obviously is a malcontent.

I mean who hasn't been accused of rape or assault a couple dozen times.
 
Sheriff Joe has a God complex, the animal cruelty was probably nothing more then a ruse to search his house for more incriminating items, when they couldn't have gone about it any other way.

Lacey is right, Joe has a history of capitalizing on media sensationalism. As paranoid as it may sound, time to ditch them dogs people. Especially if you have drugs and lots of $

Its called extortion and Joe has it down to a science. ;(
 
I mean who hasn't been accused of rape or assault a couple dozen times.
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Dude, he got charged with rape once, and wasnt guilty of it. how is gettin charged with somethin, and then gettin the case dismissed becuz of evidence that proved he wasnt guilty, somethin that should be held against someone? That aint "a couplel dozen."

Theres so many bitches out there claiming to been raped by rappers, musicians, etc, becuz they are easy targets and got bad reputations and the woman is always right. so they go after some big name thug rapper who got tons of dough and then they got a case. Luckily this bitch got owned when the dna didnt match up. but I dont see a couple dozen rape and assault charges. Dont exagerate that shit man. Tupac did time for alleged rape w/some skank , who knows what really happened, if they were using DNA evidence at that tme, or whatever i dont really know. Im just sayin it aint uncommon for high profile people to get accused of rape by some unknown random microbraided hoodrat dancin at the local strip joint lookin for a free check. Look how they are pilin up charges, to me it looks ike they are tryna build up a high profile case and get media attention and create a fucin circus outta the shit. I know im rantin on this shit, cuz while man rappers are stupid and do dumb shit, the media likes to blow shit up, people are always lookin to scandalize some shit and always lookin for scapegoats so it aint always what it seems that sall.
 
fuck DMX. he's a talentless piece of shit with serious mental and attitude problems.

i don't care about the drug charges, except it shows how much of a fucking dumbass he is for getting busted so many time.

i think he should be killed slowly because of the various thug ass "gangsta" crimes, REAL CRIMES, actions that are made illegal because they hurt other people, animals, and things. committing crimes like those do make you a bad person. if that doesnt, than what exactly does make someone a bad person?

dmx and all the other brainless gangsta rappers and plain old thugs are a stain upon our society, creating disposable music that glorifies violence, extreme shallowness & materialism, and blatant idiocy.
 
As taken from Vicks case.

"The case began in late April when authorities conducting a drug investigation of Vick's cousin raided the former Virginia Tech star's rural Surry County property and seized dozens of dogs, some injured, and equipment commonly used in dogfighting."
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070828/ap_on_sp_fo_ne/fbn_vick_plea

As I said previously in this thread, both of these events began as an investigation into drug activity, not dogs. The animal cruelty convictions are just ICEing on the cake.

If your going to sling dope, don't fight dogs. Or if your going to fight dogs, dont "associate" with those that sling. Or you might bee one of the 3 so they go free? ;(
 
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Sheriff Joe has a God complex, the animal cruelty was probably nothing more then a ruse to search his house for more incriminating items, when they couldn't have gone about it any other way.

Lacey is right, Joe has a history of capitalizing on media sensationalism. As paranoid as it may sound, time to ditch them dogs people. Especially if you have drugs and lots of $

Its called extortion and Joe has it down to a science. ;(
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quoted for truth. That dude wanted to setup road blocks for random searches (until he was told that it was unconstitutional and that he could not do that!! lol)

"* On 31 July 2007 Simmons was stopped by police for driving an illegal motorbike and he has been reported for driving without a license and without insurance. A court date has not been set as of August 1, 2007.[citation needed]"

an illegal motorbike... maybe he was just role playing his character from cradle 2 the grave =D
 
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