Joy Rider Who Stole Missy's Car Jailed
Copyright 2003 World Entertainment News Network
A car thief who wrecked hip-hop star Missy Elliott's Lamborghini has been jailed for three years.
Joseph Johnson, 34, drove the Grammy-winning singer's $300,000 car away from the garage where it was stored and crashed into a traffic sign, a tree and a couple of curbs soon after. (Well, damn, was it anything else left to hit besides pedestrians?)
Attorney Mike Huberman says, "He takes a vehicle that is worth more than most houses and totals it."
As well as a three year jail sentence, the Judge also ordered $170,000 in restitution for the car and $1,975 for curb repairs at the wreck site.
(Maybe it's the broke woman in me but I don't see the need for a 300,000 car. And how did he get on her property and in her garage so easily?
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Soul Star Rawls Arrested for Battery
Smooth soul legend Lou Rawls has been arrested in New Mexico on battery charges.
The singer posted bail and was released from jail after he was arrested and booked on one count of battery against "companion" Nina Inman.
Police were called to a hotel in Albuquerque after hearing complaints of a fight. Inman told officers she and Rawls had been talking about their relationship when the conversation escalated into a fight.
Officers arrested Rawls and booked him into the Bernalillo County Detention Center.
The 67-year-old singer was in Albuquerque to perform two concerts at Isleta Pueblo's casino.
(Lou needs to sit his old a$$ down. Singing...."you'll neva find as long as you live, someone who loves you tender like I do ....)
Rapper Fabolous Arrested in NY
Gangsta rapper Fabolous is in trouble after police in New York arrested him on suspicion of driving with a suspended licence.
The 25-year-old up-and-coming Ghetto Fabolous star was driving his new Range Rover through Manhattan on Wednesday evening when he made an illegal turn, according to police.
Fabolous, whose real name is John Jackson, faces a charge of aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.
(So what F.A.B.O.L.O.U.S.
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Mya's Car Crash
Smooth R&B vocalist Mya has escaped uninjured after crashing her Range Rover into a parked car.
The 24-year-old singer managed to demolish the parked Volkswagen Passat, but walked after from the smash in Washington D.C. last month unscathed.
Her stunning appearance at Monday's American Music Awards confirmed that the songstress is still in top condition.
The "Ghetto Superstar" was driving to her mother's house in the Washington D.C. area at the time of the collision.
(How the hell do you just run into a parked car? It's parked!)
Mariah's Diva Behavior Over Limousines
Singer Mariah Carey's diva-like behavior has been called into question again - by one of her former limousine drivers.
The pop star is always keen to play down reports she's a demanding diva, but driver-to-the-stars Paul Monroe claims her vehicle needs are both expensive and ridiculous.
He says, "We would get a call in the office for a fleet of cars to arrive first thing in the morning at Mariah's place. We'd all get there, then we'd sit outside her residence all day without moving.
"The cost to go nowhere was easily $7,000 to $8,000.
"I can't count the number of times that happened. Over the years, Mariah spent hundreds of thousands of dollars in cars that never got used."