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After
allegedly smoking pot all day, drinking beer and popping
anti-depressants, bad-boy pop star Justin Bieber went on a wild predawn
drag race in Miami Beach that landed him in jail Thursday morning,
police said.
Pop star Justin Bieber arrested drag-racing, DUIPosted on Thursday, 01.23.14
Justin Bieber arrested in Miami Beach over DUI, drag-racing
BY DAVID OVALLE AND JULIE K. BROWN
jbrown@MiamiHerald.com
After allegedly smoking pot all day, drinking beer and popping
anti-depressants, bad-boy pop star Justin Bieber went on a wild predawn
drag race in Miami Beach that landed him in jail Thursday morning,
police said.
When stopped by police in his yellow Lamborghini, Bieber barraged officers with a string of F-bombs, babbled incoherently, refused to get out of his car and, when he finally stepped out, declined to take his hands out of his pockets, according to the police report.
He was booked at Miami Beach police headquarters on DUI, resisting arrest and drag-racing, a police spokesman said. The musician’s entourage had apparently used their cars to block traffic on Pine Tree Drive at 26th Street, a residential area, at 4:30 a.m., creating a drag strip for the young star, who had been on a party spree in South Florida.
Tests showed that Bieber was under the influence of drugs, Miami Beach Police Chief Raymond Martinez told the Miami Herald. He declined to comment further, but a police source said that Bieber admitted he had been smoking marijuana, taking prescription anti-depressants and had a beer or two.
The police report said that Bieber was flushed, was in a stupor, smelled of alcohol and was incoherent. He failed a field sobriety test.
"Why the f--- did you stop me?'' he asked the officer, Fulgencio Medina, who cornered him as he was peeling down the road at about 55-60 mph. The speed limit was 30.
Bieber was uncooperative, and kept fumbling his hands in his pockets and, even after he was asked to place his hands on the car in front of him, kept turning around and confronting the officer, who attempted to pat the singer down for weapons.
"I ain’t got no f------ weapons, why do you have to search me?'' Bieber said, according to the report.
Finally, after several warnings, the officer placed him in handcuffs.
"Why the f--- are you doing this?'' Bieber kept asking.
The other driver, identified as Khalil Sharief, was charged with DUI, said police spokeswoman Vivian Hernandez. Both were taken to Miami-Dade jail, where they were fingerprinted and had their mugshots taken.
"Miami nights ridin thru yo city in that hot wheel," Khalil, who performs under Island Def Jams Records, tweeted on his account earlier Thursday morning.
It was the 19-year-old native Canadian's first arrest. Bieber told officers he was at a recording studio earlier in the evening.
"It was a cold night, and it was quiet, so the officers could hear the cars,'' Chief Martinez said, adding that patrols followed the sound of the revving engines. "When the cars are going that fast, it takes a while to catch up."
Officers at the Miami Beach police station worked for hours on booking Bieber into jail. He is now booked at the county jail in West Miami-Dade.
The arrest caps a highly visible week for Bieber in South Florida, where he reported to have blown tens of thousands of dollars at the King of Diamonds strip club.
The Opa-locka Police Department has also said it is investigating officers who gave Bieber and his crew an unauthorized escort through traffic after landing at the Opa-locka airport.
Two officers have been relieved of duty with pay, pending the outcome of the probe, sources say.
His arrest is another black eye for the embattled "Boyfriend" singer, who has had a fondness for drag racing in residential neighborhoods.
His neighbors in his exclusive, gated Calabasas, Calif., community have long complained about him speeding down their streets. Media reports have said sheriffs deputies have been called to his mansion several times over the past year, and retired NFL player Keyshawn Johnson also attempted to counsel the singer, but Bieber refused to talk to him.
Earlier this month, a neighbor in Los Angeles accused Bieber and his pals of hurling eggs at his home, causing extensive damages. Officers searched Bieber's home and one person was arrested for drugs. He is under unvestigation for felony vandalism in that incident.
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When stopped by police in his yellow Lamborghini, Bieber barraged officers with a string of F-bombs, babbled incoherently, refused to get out of his car and, when he finally stepped out, declined to take his hands out of his pockets, according to the police report.
He was booked at Miami Beach police headquarters on DUI, resisting arrest and drag-racing, a police spokesman said. The musician’s entourage had apparently used their cars to block traffic on Pine Tree Drive at 26th Street, a residential area, at 4:30 a.m., creating a drag strip for the young star, who had been on a party spree in South Florida.
Tests showed that Bieber was under the influence of drugs, Miami Beach Police Chief Raymond Martinez told the Miami Herald. He declined to comment further, but a police source said that Bieber admitted he had been smoking marijuana, taking prescription anti-depressants and had a beer or two.
The police report said that Bieber was flushed, was in a stupor, smelled of alcohol and was incoherent. He failed a field sobriety test.
"Why the f--- did you stop me?'' he asked the officer, Fulgencio Medina, who cornered him as he was peeling down the road at about 55-60 mph. The speed limit was 30.
Bieber was uncooperative, and kept fumbling his hands in his pockets and, even after he was asked to place his hands on the car in front of him, kept turning around and confronting the officer, who attempted to pat the singer down for weapons.
"I ain’t got no f------ weapons, why do you have to search me?'' Bieber said, according to the report.
Finally, after several warnings, the officer placed him in handcuffs.
"Why the f--- are you doing this?'' Bieber kept asking.
The other driver, identified as Khalil Sharief, was charged with DUI, said police spokeswoman Vivian Hernandez. Both were taken to Miami-Dade jail, where they were fingerprinted and had their mugshots taken.
"Miami nights ridin thru yo city in that hot wheel," Khalil, who performs under Island Def Jams Records, tweeted on his account earlier Thursday morning.
It was the 19-year-old native Canadian's first arrest. Bieber told officers he was at a recording studio earlier in the evening.
"It was a cold night, and it was quiet, so the officers could hear the cars,'' Chief Martinez said, adding that patrols followed the sound of the revving engines. "When the cars are going that fast, it takes a while to catch up."
Officers at the Miami Beach police station worked for hours on booking Bieber into jail. He is now booked at the county jail in West Miami-Dade.
The arrest caps a highly visible week for Bieber in South Florida, where he reported to have blown tens of thousands of dollars at the King of Diamonds strip club.
The Opa-locka Police Department has also said it is investigating officers who gave Bieber and his crew an unauthorized escort through traffic after landing at the Opa-locka airport.
Two officers have been relieved of duty with pay, pending the outcome of the probe, sources say.
His arrest is another black eye for the embattled "Boyfriend" singer, who has had a fondness for drag racing in residential neighborhoods.
His neighbors in his exclusive, gated Calabasas, Calif., community have long complained about him speeding down their streets. Media reports have said sheriffs deputies have been called to his mansion several times over the past year, and retired NFL player Keyshawn Johnson also attempted to counsel the singer, but Bieber refused to talk to him.
Earlier this month, a neighbor in Los Angeles accused Bieber and his pals of hurling eggs at his home, causing extensive damages. Officers searched Bieber's home and one person was arrested for drugs. He is under unvestigation for felony vandalism in that incident.
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