Rapper Boosie arrested in metro Atlanta
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COWETA COUNTY, Ga. – A rapper and another man woke up in a metro area jail facing drug and firearm charges.
A sergeant pulled over Torrence Hatch Jr., also known as Boosie, and a man named Antonio Allen Monday in Newnan.
The sergeant noticed their car driving erratically.
Police say marijuana, a gun and cash were found in the car.
A Coweta Magistrate Court clerk said Hatch had his initial appearance Monday morning. He was given a $3,500 bond. His charges were possession of marijuana, possession of THC and possession of a firearm during a felony.
Allen had the same charges and bond amount.
Formerly “Lil’ Boosie,” the Baton Rouge native is known for songs including “Wipe Me Down,” “Independent,” and “Zoom.”
In 2011, Boosie was sentenced to 8 years in prison following a guilty plea to drug charges.
He pleaded guilty to conspiring to smuggle codeine, marijuana and Ecstasy into two Louisiana state prisons. They were the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola and Dixon Correctional Institute in Jackson, La.
The rapper was serving a prison term for a separate conviction for marijuana possession when he smuggled the drugs with help from a prison guard.
At the time, he was also facing a first-degree murder charge in the 2009 death of Terry Boyd.
On May 11, 2012, a jury found Boosie not guilty of first-degree murder.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.