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Rapper Sean Kingston Agrees To Return To Florida, Where He And Mother Are Charged With $1M In Fraud
San Bernardino, California – Sean Kingston, a rapper and musician, surrendered his right to oppose extradition in a California court on Tuesday and agreed to be turned over to police in Florida, where he and his mother face charges of more than a million dollars in fraud.
Kingston, 34, did not appear in public court but did sign papers agreeing to waive extradition hearings, according to San Bernardino County court and sheriff officials.
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Rapper Sean Kingston Agrees To Return To Florida, Where He And Mother Are Charged With $1M In Fraud
He remained in a Southern California jail Tuesday afternoon, but sheriff’s officials said they would work with the Broward County Sheriff’s Office to get him back to Florida, sheriff’s spokeswoman Mara Rodriguez said in an email.
Kingston was arrested on Thursday at Fort Irwin, an Army training camp in California’s Mojave Desert, where he performed.
The same day, a SWAT squad searched Kingston’s rented mansion in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and detained his mother, Janice Turner, 61.
According to arrest warrants issued by the Broward County Sheriff’s Office, Kingston and Turner have been charged with carrying out an organized plan to deceive, grand theft, identity theft, and other felonies. The warrants state that they took money, jewelry, a Cadillac Escalade, and furnishings.
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Rapper Sean Kingston Agrees To Return To Florida, Where He And Mother Are Charged With $1M In Fraud
The Jamaican-American singer scored a No. 1 hit with “Beautiful Girls” in 2007 and worked with Justin Bieber on “Eenie Meenie.”
Kingston and his mother’s attorney, Robert Rosenblatt, stated on Friday that they want to waive extradition. They added that they look forward to facing the allegations in a Florida court and “are confident of a successful resolution.”
Emails addressed to Rosenblatt requesting further clarification on Tuesday were returned after some time.
According to the warrants, they stole about $500,000 in jewels from October to March, more than $200,000 from Bank of America, $160,000 from an Escalade dealer, more than $100,000 from First Republic Bank, and $86,000 from a custom bed manufacturer. Specifics were not provided.
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Rapper Sean Kingston Agrees To Return To Florida, Where He And Mother Are Charged With $1M In Fraud
According to federal court documents, his mother pleaded guilty to bank fraud in 2006 for stealing more than $160,000 and served about 1.5 years in jail.
SOURCE – (AP)
