Rapper Flavor Flav indicted on driving charges stemming from highway stop on NY’s Long Island
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Rapper Flavor Flav is due in a courtroom later this month after being indicted on charges stemming from a traffic stop while driving to his mother’s funeral.
Court documents show the rapper, whose real name is William Drayton, was indicted last month on a felony charge of driving with a suspended license. He also faces a speeding violation and two misdemeanours for aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.
A spokesman for Nassau County acting District Attorney Madeline Singas declined to comment. The spokesman confirmed that Drayton has a Jan. 21 court appearance. Drayton’s attorney, who has been seeking to reach a plea agreement, declined to comment.
The rapper-reality TV star from Roosevelt, New York, was arrested Jan. 9, 2014.
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