Feb 16, 2007 12:39 pm US/Eastern
Rapper Foxy Brown Jailed In Florida
PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. (CBS) ―
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Foxy Brown is being held on $1,500 bond at the Sheriff's North Jail in Pompano Beach, Fla. (File)
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Pembroke Pines, Fla., police have arrested South Florida rapper Foxy Brown on charges of battery and obstruction of justice, reports CBS station WFOR-TV in Miami.
According to police, Brown, whose real name is Inga D. Marchand, was arrested after a disturbance at a beauty supply store.
Brown is being held on $1,500 bond at the Sheriff's North Jail in Pompano Beach.
In an interview WFOR-TV's Shomari Stone, beauty store owner Sam Hayssam said Brown threw glue at him.
In a separate interview Friday, Foxy Brown's brother said all she wanted was use the bathroom.
In January 1997, Brown received a 30-day suspended sentence and an order to perform 80 hours of community service. She had turned herself in on an arrest warrant for missing a court appearance for spitting on two hotel workers in Raleigh, N.C., when they told her they didn't have an iron available.
In March 2000, Brown crashed her Range Rover in Brooklyn, N.Y. Her injuries were minor but police arrested her for driving while her license had been suspended for not paying two parking tickets.
In July 2003, Brown was arrested in Kingston, Jamaica, for an altercation with a policewoman at Norman Manley International Airport. When Brown missed a court appearance two days later, Jamaican authorities announced she would be arrested if she returned to the island.
In August 2004, Brown allegedly attacked two manicurists in Manhattan, N.Y., during a dispute over a $20 fee that she refused to pay. She was not charged for the incident until March 7, 2005. She has denied the charges and rejected misdemeanor plea deals on May 6 and Aug. 9, 2005.
On Oct. 25, 2006, Brown was sentenced to three years' probation and anger management counseling; orders of protection were authorized for the manicurists.
On Dec. 23, 2005, Brown was handcuffed in a Manhattan, N.Y., courtroom after an exchange with a judge. Brown was in court to finalize a plea deal stemming from the August 2004 incident.
Judge Melissa Jackson thought Brown was chewing gum and asked her to get rid of it. Brown responded by opening her mouth and sticking her tongue out.
Judge Jackson ordered Brown cuffed to a bench for 15 minutes, but when a female court officer attempted to handcuff her they got into a heated exchange over a bracelet the rapper was wearing.
Judge Jackson alleged that Brown also struck the officer. When Brown refused to apologize, she was threatened with 30 days in jail. She gave in and apologized to the court. The confusion was that she stuck out her tongue to show that she had no gum, not to disrespect the judge.
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