T.I. Arrested

After being arrested in September on drug charges, just five months after finishing a prison sentence on federal weapons charges, rapper T.I. has now been sentenced to serve 11 months in prison. According to an Atlanta-Journal Constitution report, on October 15, 2010 a judge issued the sentence because T.I. violated his parole.http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/51942/221570 T.I. was serving a three year parole term as a part of the initial plea bargain related to his federal weapons case. T.I. is quoted as saying; "I screwed up. I screwed up big time and I am sorry." to the U.S. District Judge Charles Pannell.http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=11894634

Reports describing the initial arrest from the Associated Press say T.I., whose real name is Clifford Harris, and his wife, singer Tameka "Tiny" Cottle, were pulled over during a traffic stop in West Hollywood on the evening of September 1, 2010, after "deputies smelled marijuana" coming from their vehicle. T.I. was charged with possession of ecstasy, associating with a convicted felon and being under the influence of opiates.http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/51942/221570 The couple were released from jail early on the morning of September 2 on $10,000 bail each.http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5igsTUcCFP188I9jThC6_bdlNmBMAD9HVTEOG0

The 30-year-old, Grammy Award-winning rapper served seven months in an Arkansas federal prison and three additional months in a Georgia halfway house after being convicted of "possessing unregistered machine guns and silencers." T.I. was granted three years of "supervised release," and a judge ordered him not to commit another federal, state or local crime during that period. He was also ordered "not to illegally possess a controlled substance."http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5igsTUcCFP188I9jThC6_bdlNmBMAD9HVTEOG0

During the summer of 2010, T.I. starred in the heist-movie Takers, which was the number one movie at the box office in its first week of release.http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5igsTUcCFP188I9jThC6_bdlNmBMAD9HVTEOG0

Part of a federal sting operation, rapper T.I.'s bodyguard-turned-informant delivered three machine guns and two silencers to T.I. at an Atlanta shopping center. The rapper was then arrested at approximately 2:30 pm on October 13, 2007. The singer allegedly paid his bodyguard $12,000 to purchase the weapons on his behalf. T.I. was not allowed to purchase or own guns due to a prior federal conviction.http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Music/10/13/rapper.arrested/index.html

T.I. was sentenced to one year and one day in prison on the federal weapons charges. Of that, T.I. served seven months in an Arkansas prison and three additional months in a Georgia halfway house.http://music.msn.com/music/article.aspx?news=359040>1=28102 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5igsTUcCFP188I9jThC6_bdlNmBMAD9HVTEOG0

Rapper T.I., a three time Grammy Award winner, was arrested on drug charges on September 1, 2010, just five months after finishing a prison sentence on federal weapons charges. On October 15th, T.I. was sentenced to serve 11 months of prison as a result of violating his parole terms, according to ABCNews.com.http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=11894634