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Busta Mixes It Up With A DUI Charge
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Jen Carlson
Published May 3, 2007
Modified Mar 7, 2008
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Published May 3, 2007
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Earlier this morning police pulled over one Trevor Smith (aka Busta Rhymes) on 51st Street and 11th Avenue for driving while impaired. We stopped carving notches on his rap sheet a few misdemeanors ago, but you can check out this backlog of posts for a guide to his run-ins with the law.
How did this one go down? Officers noticed his 2006 GMC Yukon Denali driving down the street with "excessively tinted windows," and when they approached the car they found Rhymes with a "strong odor of alcohol on his breath." He then dropped his wallet when trying to get his paperwork to the police. The field sobriety test showed Rhymes with a .147, above the .08 legal limit in New York.
Word is he's still in central booking awaiting an appearance in front of a judge later in the day. He'll be back in the court room on Tuesday as he stands trial on two assault charges from last year.
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Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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